- ossifies
- os·si·fy || 'ɑsɪfaɪ /'ɒs- v. turn rigid; harden; turn into bone; become set in own ways
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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ossify — [[t]ɒ̱sɪfaɪ[/t]] ossifies, ossifying, ossified V ERG (disapproval) If an idea, system, or organization ossifies or if something ossifies it, it becomes fixed and difficult to change. [FORMAL] [V n] It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm… … English dictionary
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Basisphenoidal — Basisphenoid Ba si*sphe noid, Basisphenoidal Ba si*sphe*noid al, a. [Basi + sphenoid.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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