ossification
noun /ˌɒsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
/ˌɑːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
[uncountable]- (formal, disapproving) the process of becoming or making something fixed and unable to change
- Since then there has been a general ossification of views.
- (specialist) the process of becoming or making something hard like bone