Word Meanings - ECTOSTEAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification.

ECTOSTOSIS
A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
ECTOSTEAL
Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification.
OSSIFICATION
The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis. Note: Besides the natural ossification of growing tissue, there is the so-called
FLOSSIFICATION
A flowering; florification. Craig.
GROSSIFICATION
The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow. (more info) 1. The act of making gross or thick, or the state of becoming so.
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach