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ossify

verb as in become hard from aging

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Valves of the Aorta of a cartilaginous texture, as if beginning to ossify.

The other element, the cartilaginous brain-box, does not ossify, and tends to become absorbed (p. 124).

There is a general growth to be observed, and the bones are beginning to ossify.

Maimuni, through his religious Code, gave rabbinical Judaism a strong hold, and on the other hand he helped to ossify it.

In the young animal the ends of both radius and ulna are seen to ossify from centres different from those forming the shafts.

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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ossify, such as: congeal, fossilize, freeze, harden, indurate, and petrify.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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