Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ossific"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ossific \Os*sif"ic\, a. [L. os, ossis, bone + facere to make:
cf. F. ossifique. See {Fact}.]
Capable of producing bone; having the power to change
cartilage or other tissue into bone.
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