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DEOSSIFICATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does deossification mean?
• DEOSSIFICATION (noun)
The noun DEOSSIFICATION has 1 sense:
1. the loss of the mineral content of bone tissue
Familiarity information: DEOSSIFICATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The loss of the mineral content of bone tissue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("deossification" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
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