Definitions for ossified
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1. fossilized, fossilised, ossifiedadjective

   set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs

   "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system"

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1. ossifiedadjective

   Of ideas or attitudes, inflexible, old-fashioned.

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1. ossified

   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. ossified

   Ossified generally refers to rigidifying or becoming hard or inflexible like a bone. It often refers to an organization or system which has become stagnant, unyielding to change, or set in its ways. In biological terms, it refers to the process of bone formation, known as ossification, where tissues harden or become bone-like.

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   The numerical value of ossified in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

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   The numerical value of ossified in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of ossified in a Sentence

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   The world is burdened with young fogies. Old men with ossified minds are easily dealt with. But men who look young, act young and everlastingly harp on the fact that they are young, but who nevertheless think and act with a degree of caution that would be excessive in their grandfathers, are the curse of the world. Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.

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1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ossified
3. ^ Wikipedia
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