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The correct spelling is ossified.
How to pronounce ossified
adjective
Say it like: Oss-ifee-d
The correct spelling is ossified. Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone). For example: "ossified cartilage"
Usage Examples
“ossified cartilage”
Meanings
adjective
- 1.Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone).
- 2.(of ideas or attitudes) Inflexible, old-fashioned.
- 3.Drunk
verb
- 1.To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.
- 2.(animate) To become (or cause to become) inflexible and rigid in habits or opinions.
- 3.(inanimate) To grow (or cause to grow) formulaic and permanent.
- 4.To calcify.
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