OSSICULUM
Os*sic"u*lum, n.; pl. Ossicula. Etym: [L., a little bone.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Ossicle.
OSSIFEROUS Os*sif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. os, ossis, a bone + -ferous: cf. F. ossifère.]
Defn: Containing or yielding bone.
OSSIFIC Os*sif"ic, a. Etym: [L. os, ossis, bone + facere to make: cf. F. ossifique. See Fact.]
Defn: Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.
OSSIFICATION
Os`si*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ossification. See Ossify.]
1. (Physiol.)
Defn: The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis.
Note: Besides the natural ossification of growing tissue, there is the so-called accidental ossification which sometimes follows certain abnormal conditions, as in the ossification of an artery.