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

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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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   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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   What does the term 'ossified' mean?

   • The term 'ossified' means to become stiff and bone. Urban Dictionary definition.

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   Is ossification a noun or a verb?

   • This bone-building process has been called ossification since the late 17th century, and the verb ossify arrived soon after the noun. Both terms have come to refer to figurative types of hardening, such as that of the heart, mind, or soul. The words come from the Latin root os, meaning "bone."

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   What is bone ossification?

   • 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 comprises several different steps—one of which is the deposit of calcium salts, also known as calcification.

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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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   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.