Pathologic Function
osseous metaplasia
os·se·ous met·a·pla·sia
Definitions related to osseous metaplasia:
  • Heterotopic formation of normal bone within soft tissue.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (metaplastic ossification) Direct ossification in which bone formation occurs as result of the direct transformation of non-bone cells into bone cells without cell division.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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