osteocope (osteokop)

[ bones, osteocopic (os"tē-ō-kop'ik), a. [ of bone; osteogeny; o ification. It consists e entially in the deposition of bone-earth in membrane or cartilage by means of osteoblasts, with the result of converting such ti ues into bone, or of replacing them by bone. The ti ue thus subject to o ification may be simply changed into bone, or it may be absorbed, and bone substituted in its stead. The conversion of membrane into bone is known as intra membranous osteogenesis; the substitution of bone for cartilage is called intra cartilaginous osteogenesis. osteogenesy (oste-o-jen'e-si), n. teogenesis. Same as os