ossifying

Variant of ossify

ossify definition

os·sify (äs′ə fī′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb ossified -·fied′, ossifying -·fy′·ing

  1. to change or develop into bone
  2. to settle or fix rigidly in a practice, custom, attitude, etc.

Etymology: < L os (gen. ossis), a bone (< IE base *ost- > Sans ásthi, Gr osteon, bone) + -fy

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