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ossification

formation of bone or of a bony substance, or the conversion of fibrous tissue or of cartilage into bone or a bony substance
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ossification

Summary

ossification is a biological process[1]. ossification draws 227 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #104 of 442).[2]

Key Facts

  • ossification's instance of is recorded as biological process[3].
  • ossification's instance of is recorded as transformation[4].
  • ossification is a type of multicellular organismal process[5].
  • ossification's Commons category is recorded as Ossification[6].
  • ossification is the opposite of bone resorption[7].
  • ossification's has cause is recorded as osteoblast[8].
  • ossification's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • ossification's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0001503[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include biological process[3] and transformation[4]. ossification is a type of multicellular organismal process[5]. ossification is the opposite of bone resorption[7].

Why It Matters

ossification draws 227 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #104 of 442).[2] ossification has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] ossification is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has cause → osteoblast
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Opposite of → bone resorption
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29601, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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