1) Become bone-hard 2) Become bony 3) Become fixed 4) Become hindbound 5) Become inflexible 6) Cause to become hard and bony 7) Change state 8) Harden 9) Harden into bone 10) Harden like bone 11) Make rigid 12) To calcify 13) Turn 14) Turn bone-hard 15) Turn into bone 16) Turn to bone
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to change into bone; to become callous or conventional
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• (v. i.) To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue. • (v. t.) Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart. • (v. t.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
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1. <physiology> To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts. ... 2. To harden; as, to ossify the heart. ... Origin: L. Os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. Ossifier. See Osseous. ... <physiology> To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue. ... Source: Websters ...
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(os´ĭ-fi) to change or develop into bone.
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Os'si·fy intransitive verb (Physiol.) To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.
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Os'si·fy transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Ossified ; present participle & verbal noun Ossifying .] [ Latin os , ossis , bone + - fy : confer French ossifier . See Osseous .] 1.
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to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an ideaÂ
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Type: Term Pronunciation: os′i-fī Definitions: 1. To form bone or convert into bone.
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Ossify: To make into bone; to convert cartilage or fibrous tissue into bone. The skeleton initially consists mainly of cartilage which is gradually transformed into bone during development. This bone-building process is termed 'ossification.' Bone is 'osseous' tissue. 'Os' is a synonym for 'bone.' The word 'os' is Latin and is related to the Greek ...
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[
v] - cause to become hard and bony 2. [v] - become bony
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Latin os = bone, and facio = make; hence, to form bone; and ossification, the process of bone formation.
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[SAT terms] make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
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become bony
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become bony
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become bony
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