| 单词 | centre of ossification |
| 释义 | > as lemmascentre of ossification x. In various phrases with of and the name of a physical process, denoting a place or point at which that process begins; as centre of condensation, centre of crystallization, centre of ossification, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > formation of bone > [noun] > centre of ossification centre of ossification1699 centre1790 1699 tr. de La Vauguion Compl. Body Chirurg. Operations lix. 387 This lower Angle is more remote from the Center of Ossification [Fr. centre de l'ossification], and is longer before it be converted into perfect Bone. 1793 J. Bell Anat. Bones, Muscles, & Joints i. i. 8 Then a centre of ossification begins, stretching its rays according to the length of the bone. 1845 J. Kitto Cycl. Biblical Lit. I. 481/1 In this process each of the planets..formed a distinct centre of condensation. 1850 Chemist 2 70/1 Occasionally this..action is so powerful as to fill up with spiculæ and consolidate the entire space around the centre of crystallization. 1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 July 199/2 Nowhere did this proliferation [of tissue] reach the character of an independent centre of formation. 1936 Trans. Faraday Soc. 32 207 A formic acid molecule is removed by reaction with a centre of polymerisation. 1967 Jrnl. Pediatrics 70 464/1 In patients having a chondrodystrophy..the basic development of secondary centers of ossification may be modified. 2009 J. Panfili et al. in B. S. Green et al. Trop. Fish Otoliths vii. 216 The formation of accessory growth centres, which act as new centres of crystallisation. < as lemmas |
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