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os·si·fy

 (ŏs′ə-fī′)
v. os·si·fied, os·si·fy·ing, os·si·fies
v.intr.
1. To change into bone; become bony.
2. To become set in a rigidly conventional pattern: "The central ideas of liberalism have ossified" (Jeffrey Hart).
v.tr.
1. To convert (a membrane or cartilage, for example) into bone.
2. To mold into a rigidly conventional pattern.
[Latin os, oss-, bone; see ost- in Indo-European roots + -fy.]
os·sif′ic (ŏ-sĭf′ĭk) adj.
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ossific

(ɒˈsɪfɪk)
adj
(Medicine) turned to bone
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Translations

os·sif·ic

a. osífico-a, rel. a la formación del tejido óseo.
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Injury to the lower medial epiphysis of the humerus before development of the ossific centre.
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