osipikasyon
osipikásyon with stress marks
ossification; process of hardening like bone
Usage Note
Osipikasyon is a highly specialized medical and biological term describing both the normal developmental hardening of cartilage into bone and, figuratively, the rigid entrenchment of ideas or institutions. It is almost exclusively found in textbooks and academic discourse, well outside everyday conversational Tagalog.
Examples
" Mabagal ang osipikasyon sa matanda. "
Natural Translation
Ossification is slow in the elderly.
Literal Translation
Slow the ossification in elderly.
" Ang osipikasyon ay isang mahalagang proseso sa paglaki. "
Natural Translation
Ossification is an important process in growth.
Literal Translation
The ossification is one important process in growth.
" Ipinakita ng pag-aaral kung paano nagaganap ang osipikasyon habang dahan-dahang tumitigas ang kartilago tungo sa buto. "
Natural Translation
The study showed how ossification occurs as the cartilage slowly hardens into bone.
Literal Translation
Showed the study how happens the ossification while slowly hardening the cartilage toward to bone.
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