Verb: ossify 'ó-si,fI
- Become bony
"The tissue ossified"
- Cause to become hard and bony
"The disease ossified the tissue"
- Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
"ossified teaching methods";
- rigidify, petrify
Derived forms: ossifies, ossified, ossifying
Type of: alter, change, change state, modify, stiffen, turn
Encyclopedia: Ossify