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   What is the difference between ossify and calcify? to change into bone; to become hardened or conventional and opposed to change; to change (a material, such as cartilage) into bone… See the full definition

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   OSSIFY definition: 1. If habits or ideas ossify, or if something ossifies them, they become fixed and unable to…. Learn more.

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

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   2 meanings: 1. to convert or be converted into bone 2. (of habits, attitudes, etc) to become inflexible.... Click for more definitions.

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   Ossify means to become bony. When a baby is born, some of their "bones" are actually soft cartilage, which allows for growth. As the child grows, these soft areas ossify into actual bone.

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   What does ossify mean?

   • Ossify refers to becoming inflexible, conventional, and resistant to change: For these writers, the ossified ideologies of the world, imbedded in the communal imagination, block vision, and as artists they respond not by criticism from without but by confrontation from within.

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   What does the term 'ossification' mean?

   • From Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + -ification. The normal process by which bone is formed and the calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass. The term 'ossification' also refers to the process of becoming set in one's ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality. [Source: Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “ ossification ”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.]

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   How do you Describe Yourself as ossified?

   • When your habits or views have solidified into inflexible patterns — especially if those views are conservative — you can describe yourself as ossified. It's not a compliment to call someone ossified, since it implies an inability to change or bend or even to consider another person's viewpoint.

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   What is the difference between calcify and ossify?

   • Calcify refers to hardening, to becoming inflexible and unable to change: What were once upstart revisionist currents calcified into self-regarding academic sub-specialties, sponsoring plenty of analysis but little fundamental debate. Ossify refers to becoming inflexible, conventional, and resistant to change:

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   Can aid be ossified?

   • Obviously, aid cannot be ossified—either the level of aid or the recipients at any one time. If there is immobility a city will ossify and decline. It does nothing to increase the supply of new accommodation but it will serve to ossify the market.

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   What happens if body tissue ossifies?

   • 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 consists of two heavily ossified limbs with a membrane of bone interposed between them.

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   Define ossify. ossify synonyms, ossify pronunciation, ossify translation, English dictionary definition of ossify. v. os·si·fied , os·si·fy·ing , os·si·fies v. intr. 1.