noun

(1) The developmental process of bone formation,the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material,the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thught or behavior,hardened conventionality

(2) The developmental process of bone formation

(3) The calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material

(4) The process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thught or behavior

(5) Hardened conventionality