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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, the formation of an endostoma.
- noun Ossification beginning in the substance of cartilage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.
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- noun physiology A process of
bone formation in whichossification takes place within the substance of thecartilage .
Etymologies
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New Latin. See endo- and ostosis.
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