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Ossification vs Chondrification - What's the difference?

ossification | chondrification |

As nouns the difference between ossification and chondrification

is that ossification is the normal process by which bone is formed while chondrification is the formation of, or conversion into, cartilage.

ossification

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • the normal process by which bone is formed
  • the calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed
  • the process of becoming set in one's ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality

    • chondrification

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physiology) The formation of, or conversion into, cartilage.
    • (Webster 1913)