Ossified - English meaning
ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪd
Ossified – definitions in English dictionary
adjectiveHaving turned into bone or bony tissue.
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Ossified cartilageadjectiveHaving become rigid or fixed in attitude or position.
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An ossified institution
verbTurn into bone or bony tissue.
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These tracheal cartilages may ossifyverbBecome rigid or fixed in attitude or position; cease developing.
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Our political system has ossified
adjective(of habits or ideas) fixed and unable to change
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The institutions of government have become more ossified and inflexible., he tried to push liberali…
adjective(of body tissue) having become hard and changed into bone
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The bones in the creature's feet were only partially ossified., with increasing age the joints betw…
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Word origin
late 17th century: from French ossifier, from Latin os, oss- ‘bone’.
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