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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 |
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[ verb ] make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
Examples "rigidify the training schedule" "ossified teaching methods" "slogans petrify our thinking" Related terms |
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[ verb ] cause to become hard and bony
Examples "The disease ossified the tissue" Related terms |
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