endochondral ossification
n.
The formation of bone in which a cartilage template is gradually replaced by a bone matrix, as in the formation of long bones or in osteoarthritic ossification of synovial cartilage.
Words nearby endochondral ossification
endocentric,
endocervical,
endocervicitis,
endocervix,
endochondral bone,
endochondral ossification,
endocolitis,
endocranial,
endocranial cast,
endocranium,
endocrine