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Category:GO:0001957 ! intramembranous ossification
name: intramembranous ossification
namespace: biological_process
def: "Direct ossification that occurs within mesenchyme or an accumulation of relatively unspecialized cells." [ISBN:0878932437]
comment: An instance of intramembranous ossification may also be classified as metaplastic; the former classifies based on tissue type location, and the latter based on mechanism/cell division.
synonym: "dermal ossification" NARROW [GO_REF:0000034]
synonym: "intramembranous bone ossification" RELATED [GOC:cjm]
xref: Wikipedia:Intramembranous_ossification
is_a: GO:0036072 ! direct ossification
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<GOterm>GO:0001957</GOterm>
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