| ossific centre | The site of earliest bone formation via accumulation of osteoblasts within connective tissue (membranous ossification) or of earliest destruction of cartilage prior to onset of ossification (endochondral ossification). Synonym: punctum ossificationis, ossific centre, point of ossification. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ossification | <orthopaedics> Pathology> The formation of bone or of a bony substance, the conversion of fibrous tissue or of cartilage into bone or a bony substance. Origin: L. Ossificatio (18 Nov 1997) |
| ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament | Ossification or calcification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spinal column. The main symptoms arise from myelopathy of various degrees of severity, usually spinal cord compression caused by stenosis of the spinal canal. It is very common in the japanese but relatively less common in caucasians. It is frequently, but not exclusively, located at the level of the cervical spine. It is often associated with anterior ankylosing hyperostosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ossification, heterotopic | The development of bony substance in normally soft structures. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ossified | Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; said of tissues. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ossiform | Synonym: osteoid. Origin: ossi-+ L. Forma, form (05 Mar 2000) |
| ossifrage | <zoology> The lammergeir. The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle. Origin: L. Ossifraga, ossifragus, osprey, fr. Ossifragus bone breaking; os, ossis, a bone + frangere, fractum, to break. See Osseous, Break, and cf. Osprey, Ossifragous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ossifragous | Serving to break bones; bone-breaking. Origin: L. Ossifragus. See Ossifrage. (01 Mar 1998) |
| ossify | 1. <physiology> To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts. 2. To harden; as, to ossify the heart. Origin: L. Os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. Ossifier. See Osseous. <physiology> To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ossifying | <physiology> Changing into bone; becoming bone; as, the ossifying process. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ossifying cartilage | A cartilage that is normally replaced by bone, to form a part of the skeleton. Synonym: ossifying cartilage, precursory cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ossis | Synonym: bone. For histological description, see bone. Origin: L. Bone (05 Mar 2000) |
| ossivorous | Feeding on bones; eating bones; as, ossivorous quadrupeds. Origin: L. Os, ossis, bone + vorare to devour: cf. F. Ossivore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ossuary | Origin: L. Ossuarium, fr. Ossuarius of or bones, fr. Os, ossis, bone: cf. F. Ossuaire. A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel house. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ost- | See: osteo-. (05 Mar 2000) |