to ossify
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- verb
- /ˈɑːsɪfaɪ/
- Specialized
:
ossificar
- The posterior portion ossifies into the articular, while the posterior portion of the upper jaw ossifies into the quadrate.
- ossifying fibromas
Examples
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His skin has lost all elasticity, and his hands and feet are ossified.
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As you can see in B above, this is happening as the bones ossify, and before the shoulder girdle has fully formed.
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These two then ossify completely by four years of age.
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That is, there are parts of the human female body that do not ossify.
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For the occipital bone, the key sutures close and ossify by age 6.
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Following his examination, Smith stated that the limb bones were "fully ossified and consolidated," but this is not borne out by what I see.
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The periosteum detached from the radius was ossified and observed in the interosseous region ("P" indicates entrapment point).
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First, most persons with radiologic evidence of an elongated styloid process or ossified stylohyoid ligament are asymptomatic.
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Note that it appears as the limbs are forming (in A), but before all the bony bits have ossified—no ribs, no scapula yet.
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In children, the cartilage will ossify as they grow into adults.
Antonyms
How Rigid
Surface Forms
Morphology
ossify = oss (opaque) = oss + ify
The base 'oss' is not a standalone English word and is only used as a combining form in scientific vocabulary.
Etymology
The word ossify comes from the Latin root os meaning 'bone'. So, to ossify literally means to 'turn into bone', which is why doctors use it for tissue that becomes hard and bony.