About The Word Ossify
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Ossify
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What's The Definition Of Ossify?
[v] become bony; "The tissue ossified"
[v] cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the tissue" [v] make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking" Synonyms | Synonyms for Ossify: petrify | rigidify Related Terms | Find terms related to Ossify: anneal | brutalize | calcify | callous | case harden | cornify | firm | fossilize | harden | indurate | inure | lapidify | lithify | petrify | steel | temper | toughen | vitrify See Also | alter | change | change state | stiffen | turn Ossify In Webster's Dictionary \Os"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ossified}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Ossifying}.] [L. os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. ossifier.
See {Osseous}.]
1. (Physiol.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal
substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
2. Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart. --Ruskin.
\Os"si*fy\, v. i. (Physiol.) To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue. |
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