ossify
Meaning of ossify
verb
- turn into bone or bony tissue.
these tracheal cartilages may ossify
- become rigid or fixed in attitude or position; cease developing.
our political system has ossified
late 17th century: from French ossifier, from Latin os, oss- ‘bone’.
Information about ossify
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of ossify is: ossifies.
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Hyphenation of ossify
os-sify
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- ossify is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
ossify synonyms
Meaning rigidify:
Meaning make or become hard or harder:
Meaning make or become hard or solid:
Meaning make or become stiff or rigid:
Meaning preserve (an animal or plant) so that it becomes a fossil:
Meaning harden:
Meaning (of water or air) cease to flow or move; become stagnant:
Translation of ossify
- German: verknöchern
- Italian: pietrificare, irrigidire
Words that rhyme with ossify
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