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Definition of Ossified

Ossified
Ossify Os"si*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ossified; p. pr. & vb. n. Ossifying.] [L. os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. ossifier. See Osseous.] 1. (Physiol.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts. 2. Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart. --Ruskin.
Ossified
Ossified Os"si*fied, a. Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.

Meaning of Ossified from wikipedia

- tendon, ligament etc.) to ossify when damaged Primrose syndrome, a rare genetic disease in which cartilage becomes ossified. Wikimedia Commons has media...
- A non-ossifying fibroma (NOF) is a benign bone tumor of the osteoclastic, giant cell-rich tumor type. It generally occurs in the metaphysis of long bones...
- A peripheral ossifying fibroma, also known as ossifying fibrous epulis, is “a gingival nodule which is composed of a cellular fibroblastic connective tissue...
- birds, and ornithischian dinosaurs, portions of the tendon can become ossified. In this process, osteocytes infiltrate the tendon and lay down bone as...
- cervical vertebrae). The axis is ossified from five primary and two secondary centres. The body and vertebral arch are ossified in the same manner as the corresponding...
- with an incompletely ossified hyoid, purrs. All remaining species of the family Felidae ("purring cats") have a completely ossified hyoid, which enables...
- (extension) located in the inferior segment of the sternum, typically ossified in adult humans. Both the Gr****-derived term xiphoid and its Latin equivalent...
- Osteofibrous dysplasia Other names Ossifying fibroma Specialty Oncology ...
- ossification. The cervical ribs of sauropod dinosaurs were extended by ossified tendons, and could reach exceptional lengths; a cervical rib of Mamenchisaurus...
- secondary. A primary ossification center is the first area of a bone to start ossifying. It usually appears during prenatal development in the central part of...