Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ossified"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart. --Ruskin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ossified \Os"si*fied\, a.
Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by
deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ossified
adj 1: changed into bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter;
"cartilages ossified with age"
2: set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits,
or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified
bureaucratic system" [syn: {fossilized}, {fossilised}]
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