The developmental process of bone formation.

Roget 323: hardness etc. adj.; rigidity; renitence^†, renitency; inflexibility, temper, callosity, durity^†.    induration, petrifaction; lapidification^†, lapidescence^†; vitrification, ossification; crystallization.    stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant; bone, cartilage; hardware; heart of oak, block, board, deal board; iron, steel; cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron; nail; brick, concrete; cement.    ... show more

Dutch: beenvorming, ossificatie, verbening
Polish: skostnienie

The calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material.

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

Polish: zeskorupienie, skostnienie

Hardened conventionality.

synonym: conformity.