Calcification is often confused with ossification.
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Ossification
//ˌɒsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩//
Synonyms for "ossification" (9 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (4)
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5 entriesderived
6 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 37 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَعَظُّم noun (process by which bone is formed)
Armenian
1 entries- ոսկրացում noun (process by which bone is formed)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вкостеняване noun (calcification of tissue)
- осификация noun (process by which bone is formed)
Catalan
1 entries- ossificació noun (process by which bone is formed)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 僵化 noun (process of becoming set mentally)
- 骨化 noun (process by which bone is formed)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 骨化 noun (process by which bone is formed)
Czech
2 entries- kostnatění noun (process by which bone is formed)
- osifikace noun (process by which bone is formed)
Danish
2 entries- forbening noun (process by which bone is formed)
- ossifikation noun (process by which bone is formed)
Dutch
2 entries- beenvorming noun (process by which bone is formed)
- ossificatie noun (process by which bone is formed)
Finnish
4 entries- luuduttaminen noun (calcification of tissue)
- luudutus noun (calcification of tissue)
- luutuma noun (calcification of tissue)
- luutuminen noun (process by which bone is formed)
French
1 entries- ossification noun (process by which bone is formed)
Galician
1 entries- osificación noun (process by which bone is formed)
German
2 entries- Ossifikation noun (process by which bone is formed)
- Verknöcherung noun (process by which bone is formed)
Greek
1 entries- οστεοποίηση noun (process by which bone is formed)
Hebrew
1 entries- התגרמות noun (process by which bone is formed)
Ido
1 entries- ostifado noun (process by which bone is formed)
Indonesian
1 entries- osifikasi noun (process by which bone is formed)
Irish
1 entries- cnámhú noun (process by which bone is formed)
Italian
1 entries- ossificazione noun (process by which bone is formed)
Japanese
1 entries- 骨化 noun (process by which bone is formed)
Kazakh
2 entries- оссификация noun (process by which bone is formed)
- сүйек түзуі noun (process by which bone is formed)
Latin
1 entries- ossificatio noun (process by which bone is formed)
Latvian
1 entries- osifikācija noun (process by which bone is formed)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kaulėjimas noun (process by which bone is formed)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hestîbûn noun (process by which bone is formed)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ossifikasjon noun (process by which bone is formed)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ossifikasjon noun (process by which bone is formed)
Polish
2 entries- kostnienie noun (process by which bone is formed)
- osyfikacja noun (process by which bone is formed)
Romanian
1 entries- osificare noun (process by which bone is formed)
Russian
2 entries- окостене́ние noun (process by which bone is formed)
- оссифика́ция noun (process by which bone is formed)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- okoštávānje noun (process by which bone is formed)
- osifikácija noun (process by which bone is formed)
- окошта́ва̄ње noun (process by which bone is formed)
- осифика́ција noun (process by which bone is formed)
Slovak
2 entries- kostnatenie noun (process by which bone is formed)
- osifikácia noun (process by which bone is formed)
Slovene
1 entries- osifikacija noun (process by which bone is formed)
Spanish
1 entries- osificación noun (process by which bone is formed)
Swedish
3 entries- benbildning noun (process by which bone is formed)
- förbening noun (process by which bone is formed)
- ossifikation noun (process by which bone is formed)
Thai
2 entries- การกลายเป็นกระดูก noun (process by which bone is formed)
- การสร้างกระดูก noun (process by which bone is formed)
Ukrainian
1 entries- осифікація noun (process by which bone is formed)
Sample sentences
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Ectopic chondrocyte hypertrophy has been demonstrated in OA, suggesting that the pathogenetical process involves a recapitulation of endochondral ossification [ 11 – 13 ].
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