ossifying Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb become bony
ossify.
- The tissue ossified
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verb make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
rigidify; petrify; ossify.
- rigidify the training schedule
- ossified teaching methods
- slogans petrify our thinking
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verb cause to become hard and bony
ossify.
- The disease ossified the tissue
WordNet
Os"si*fy`ing adjective
Definitions
(Physiol.) Changing into bone; becoming bone; as, the .ossifying process