ossification

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A noun referring to the process of bone formation, the hardening of soft tissue into bone-like material, or the tendency to become rigidly fixed in conventional patterns of thought or behavior.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa el proceso de formación de tejido óseo, el endurecimiento de tejidos blandos en material similar al hueso, o la tendencia a fijarse rígidamente en modelos tradicionales de pensamiento o comportamiento.

1. Bone formation process C1 formal medical

   The natural developmental process by which bone tissue is created, typically during growth and healing.

   • Ossification in infants begins in the womb and continues through adolescence.
   • The doctor explained the stages of ossification in the developing skeleton.
   • Fractures heal through a process of ossification over several weeks.

   🇪🇸Osificación

2. Calcification of soft tissue C1 formal medical

   The abnormal hardening or calcification of soft body tissues into a bone-like substance.

   • The patient was diagnosed with heterotopic ossification after the injury.
   • Ossification of the tendons can cause severe pain and limited movement.
   • Surgeons removed the area of abnormal ossification from the muscle tissue.

   🇪🇸Osificación de tejidos blandos

   Sinónimos: calcification

3. Rigid thinking C2 formal

   The process of becoming fixed in a conventional or inflexible pattern of thought or behavior.

   • The ossification of the company's policies prevented any innovation.
   • Intellectual ossification can occur when people refuse to consider new ideas.
   • The ossification of social norms often leads to resistance against change.

   🇪🇸Osificación del pensamiento

   Sinónimos: calcificationfossilizationhardeninginflexibilityrigiditystiffening

   Antónimos: adaptabilityflexibilityoriginality

4. Hardened conventionality C2 formal

   A state of being rigidly conventional or resistant to change, especially in thought or culture.

   • The ossification of the academic system discouraged creative approaches.
   • Cultural ossification can stifle artistic expression and progress.
   • The ossification of traditions sometimes makes them irrelevant to modern life.

   🇪🇸Osificación (figurado)

   Sinónimos: calcificationfossilizationhardeninginflexibilityrigiditystagnation

   Antónimos: adaptabilityflexibilityopennessprogressivism

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