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ossified
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Ossified
(gcide) | Ossify \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.
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2. (Fig.): To harden; as, to ossify the heart. --Ruskin.
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Ossified
(gcide) | Ossified \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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ossified
(wn) | ossified
adj 1: set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior,
habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an
ossified bureaucratic system" [syn: fossilized,
fossilised, ossified] |
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Ossified
(gcide) | Ossify \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.
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2. (Fig.): To harden; as, to ossify the heart. --Ruskin.
[1913 Webster]Ossified \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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Unossified
(gcide) | Unossified \Un*os"si*fied\, a. (Zool.)
Destitute of a bony structure.
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