To ossify is to become bony or to turn into bone or bony tissue, or to stop developing and become stagnant.
(verb)See ossify in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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verb os·si·fied, os·si·fy·ing, os·si·fies verb, intransitive
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Origin: Latin os, oss-, bone; see ost- in Indo-European roots
Origin: + -fy
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