What is the meaning of ossify?

verb

  • Become bony.
    • usage: "The tissue ossified"
  • Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern.
    • usage: "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
  • Cause to become hard and bony.
    • usage: "The disease ossified the tissue"
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