1.
[syn: fossilized, fossilised, ossified]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ossify \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.
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2. (Fig.): To harden; as, to ossify the heart. --Ruskin.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ossified \Os"si*fied\, a.
Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by
deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ossified
adj 1: set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior,
habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an
ossified bureaucratic system" [syn: fossilized,
fossilised, ossified]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "ossified":
backed, bone, bony, calcified, callous, calloused, case-hardened,
crusted, crusty, crystallized, fossilized, granulated, hardened,
hornified, incrusted, indurate, indurated, lapidified, osseous,
ossicular, ossiferous, osteal, petrified, reinforced, rigidified,
sclerotic, set, solidified, steeled, stiffened, strengthened,
toughened, vitrified