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Ossified

Ossified Meaning & Definition
Ossified Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ossified?

[adj] set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system"
[adj] changed into bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter; "cartilages ossified with age"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ossified: fossilised | fossilized | hard | inflexible

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ossified: backed | bone | bony | calcified | callous | calloused | case-hardened | crusted | crusty | crystallized | fossilized | granulated | hardened | hornified | incrusted | indurate | indurated | lapidified | osseous | ossicular | ossiferous | osteal | petrified | reinforced | rigidified | sclerotic | set | solidified | steeled | stiffened | strengthened | toughened | vitrified

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Ossified In Webster's Dictionary

\Os"si*fied\, a. Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.

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