Medical term:
ossified
ossify
[os´ĭ-fi]to change or develop into bone.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
os·si·fy
(os'i-fī),To form bone or convert into bone.
[ossi- + L. facio, to make]
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ossify
(ŏs′ə-fī′)v. ossi·fied, ossi·fying, ossi·fies
v.intr.
1. To change into bone; become bony.
2. To become set in a rigidly conventional pattern: "The central ideas of liberalism have ossified" (Jeffrey Hart).
v.tr.
1. To convert (a membrane or cartilage, for example) into bone.
2. To mold into a rigidly conventional pattern.
os·sif′ic (ŏ-sĭf′ĭk) adj.
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ossify
verb To change into boneMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
os·si·fy
(os'i-fī)To form bone or convert into bone.
[ossi- + L. facio, to make]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
os·si·fy
(os'i-fī)To form bone or convert into bone.
[ossi- + L. facio, to make]
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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