Ossify Definition

ŏsə-fī
ossified, ossifies, ossifying
verb
ossified, ossifies, ossifying
To change or develop into bone.
Webster's New World
To settle or fix rigidly in a practice, custom, attitude, etc.
Webster's New World
To become set in a rigidly conventional pattern.
American Heritage
To convert (a membrane or cartilage, for example) into bone.
American Heritage
To mold into a rigidly conventional pattern.
American Heritage
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Origin of Ossify

  • Latin os oss- bone ost- in Indo-European roots –fy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin os, ossis (“bone") + -ify

    From Wiktionary

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