Definitions for: Ossify


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



Webster (1913) Definition: Os"si*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ossified; p. pr. & vb.
n. Ossifying.] [L. os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. ossifier.
See Osseous.]
1. (Physiol.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal
substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.

2. Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart. --Ruskin.


Os"si*fy, v. i. (Physiol.)
To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony
tissue.

Synonyms: petrify, rigidify

See Also: alter, change, change state, stiffen, turn

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