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Synonyms for ossified
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : os-uh-fahyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒs əˌfaɪd |
Définition of ossified
Origin :- 1713, "to turn into bone," a back-formation from ossification, or else modeled on French ossifier (18c.) and formed from Latin os (genitive ossis) "bone" (see osseous) + -fy. Figurative sense is from 1858. Related: Ossified; ossifying.
- adj bony
- The joints are less supple; the arteries are more or less "ossified."
- Extract from : « Over the Teacups » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- The vertebræ were not ossified, for no trace of them has been found.
- Extract from : « The Elements of Geology » by William Harmon Norton
- It is not necessary to be a contortionist, nor will it answer to be an ossified freak.
- Extract from : « Riding and Driving » by Edward L. Anderson
- The notochord is restricted and replaced by ossified vertebræ.
- Extract from : « A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) » by David Starr Jordan
- The mandible has a distinct splenial, and the articular is ossified.
- Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
- In the Chelonia the scapula and precoracoid are ossified continuously.
- Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
- The ilia are not connected with the sacrum by ossified sacral ribs.
- Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
- The quadratojugal is not ossified, and the quadrate articulates with the exoccipital.
- Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
- The nasal bones are often ossified together to form one bone.
- Extract from : « A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Henry O. Forbes
- I must have looked strange to him when he came up to where I stood as one ossified.
- Extract from : « The Yazoo Mystery » by Irving Craddock
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