Meaning of OSSIFIED
| Pronunciation: | | 'âsu`fId
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- [adj] set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system"
- [adj] changed into bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter; "cartilages ossified with age"
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| | Synonyms: | | fossilised, fossilized, hard, inflexible |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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