Medically speaking, ossify refers to the process by which bone forms, or by which tissue (usually cartilage) changes into bone. Ossification is a natural process that starts in utero and which …

ossified adjective (BODY) medical specialized (of body tissue) having become hard and changed into bone:

1. To change into bone; become bony. 2. To become set in a rigidly conventional pattern: "The central ideas of liberalism have ossified" (Jeffrey Hart).

OSSIFIED definition: hardened like or into bone. See examples of ossified used in a sentence.

Definition of ossify verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

to (cause to) become bone or be hardened like bone: [no object] Over time the soft substances ossified. [~ + object] Dry, extreme heat ossified these clam shells.

Smaller bones that could easily have been missed or overlooked – including three ossified thyroid cartilage – were among the fragments.

Her opinions have ossified. The cartilage will ossify, becoming bone.

Years of easy success had ossified the company's thinking and it never faced up to the challenge of the new technology. If body tissue ossifies, it becomes hard and changes into bone. It …

OSSIFY definition: to convert into or cause to harden like bone. See examples of ossify used in a sentence.