Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OS-SI-F'I-CA'TION
OS-SI-F'I-CA'TION, n. [from ossify.]
- The change or process of changing from flesh or other matter of animal bodies into a bony substance; as, the ossification of an artery. Sharp.
- The formation of bones in animals.
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