Definitions for OSSIFY
ˈɒs əˌfaɪos·si·fy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ossifyverb

   become bony

   "The tissue ossified"

2. rigidify, ossify, petrifyverb

   make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

   "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"

3. ossifyverb

   cause to become hard and bony

   "The disease ossified the tissue"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ossifyverb

   To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.

2. ossifyverb

   To become (or cause to become) inflexible and rigid in habits or opinions.

3. ossifyverb

   To grow (or cause to grow) formulaic and permanent.

4. ossifyverb

   To calcify.

5. Etymology: From os, ossis + -ify

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Ossifyverb

   To change to bone.

   Etymology: ossa and facio.

   The dilated aorta every where in the neighbourhood of the cyst is generally ossifyed. Samuel Sharp, Surgery.

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1. ossify

   Ossification (also called osteogenesis or bone mineralization) in bone remodeling is the process of laying down new bone material by cells named osteoblasts. It is synonymous with bone tissue formation. There are two processes resulting in the formation of normal, healthy bone tissue: Intramembranous ossification is the direct laying down of bone into the primitive connective tissue (mesenchyme), while endochondral ossification involves cartilage as a precursor. In fracture healing, endochondral osteogenesis is the most commonly occurring process, for example in fractures of long bones treated by plaster of Paris, whereas fractures treated by open reduction and internal fixation with metal plates, screws, pins, rods and nails may heal by intramembranous osteogenesis. Heterotopic ossification is a process resulting in the formation of bone tissue that is often atypical, at an extraskeletal location. Calcification is often confused with ossification. Calcification is synonymous with the formation of calcium-based salts and crystals within cells and tissue. It is a process that occurs during ossification, but not necessarily vice versa. The exact mechanisms by which bone development is triggered remains unclear, but growth factors and cytokines appear to play a role.

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1. ossify

   To ossify is to turn into bone or bony tissue. It often refers to the hardening or becoming inflexible or rigid of an idea, structure, or system. It can describe the process of growth and development in living organisms and can also be used metaphorically.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of OSSIFY in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of OSSIFY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of OSSIFY in a Sentence

1. Nancy Pelosi:

   There is a disparity in access to capital in our country. We do not want this tragedy of a coronavirus to exacerbate that disparity or to ossify it, to solidify it.

2. Anthony Tata:

   It would not surprise me if eventually it came out that John Brennan was somehow allied with some foreign power because what John Brennan's doing is fomenting the division. You look at John Brennan tweets, you look at what John Brennan says, and John Brennan is doing Putin's bidding every day on Twitter. John Brennan is dividing this nation and John Brennan's trying to ossify the left against the right.

3. Johann von Goethe:

   The phrases that men hear or repeat continually, end by becoming convictions and ossify the organs of intelligence.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=OSSIFY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ossify
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=OSSIFY
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossify
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