Australian English Meaning of ossify
ossify
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Definitions and Meaning of ossify in English
ossify (v)
become bony
make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
cause to become hard and bony
ossify (v. t.)
To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart.
ossify (v. i.)
To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.
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ossify
become bony, make rigid and set into a conventional pattern, cause to become hard and bonyTo form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, a
Calcify,coagulate,Crystallise,crystallise,petrify,stiffen,anneal,Clot,encrust,gel
dissolve,liquefy,melt,soften,flux,fuse,liquefy,smelt,thaw,deliquesce
ossifragous => bone-breaking, ossifrage => Lammergeyer, ossified => Ossified, ossification => Ossification, ossific => Ossified,
