Definition of ossific

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Ossific (a.) Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.

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Intercartilaginous :: Intercartilaginous (a.) Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginous ossification..
Ostosis :: Ostosis (n.) Bone formation; ossification. See Ectostosis, and Endostosis..
Flossification :: Flossification (n.) A flowering; florification.
Urosteon :: Urosteon (n.) A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.
Grossification :: Grossification (n.) The act of making gross or thick, or the state of becoming so..
Metosteon :: Metosteon (n.) The postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of birds; also, the part resulting from such ossification..
Ossification :: Ossification (n.) The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue..
Parostosis :: Parostosis (n.) Ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum.
Ossific :: Ossific (a.) Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.
Squamozygomatic :: Squamozygomatic (a.) Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; -- applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in some fetal skulls..
Endosteal :: Endosteal (a.) Relating to endostosis; as, endosteal ossification..
Ossification :: Ossification (n.) The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis..
Grossification :: Grossification (n.) The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow.
Autogenous :: Autogenous (a.) Developed from an independent center of ossification.
Ectosteal :: Ectosteal (a.) Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification..
Prootic :: Prootic (a.) In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule..
Intermembranous :: Intermembranous (a.) Within or beneath a membrane; as, intermembranous ossification..
Dermostosis :: Dermostosis (n.) Ossification of the dermis.
Endostosis :: Endostosis (n.) A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.
Osteogen :: Osteogen (n.) The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing bone, ultimately undergoes ossification..
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