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[ verb ] become bony

Examples

"The tissue ossified"

Used in print

(S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)

Although the standard_deviation values on which spread of the lines are based are relatively larger for those centers which begin to ossify early ( Table 1 ) , there are considerable differences in this value between centers having the closely timed Onsets .

Related terms

change_state ossification

2
[ verb ] make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

Synonyms

petrify rigidify

Examples

"rigidify the training schedule" "ossified teaching methods" "slogans petrify our thinking"

3
[ verb ] cause to become hard and bony

Examples

"The disease ossified the tissue"

Related terms

change ossification

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