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The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.
Bob Wells

Meaning of "ossified" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OSSIFIED

ossified  [ˈɒsɪˌfaɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OSSIFIED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ossified is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OSSIFIED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ossified

Ossification

Ossification is the process of laying down new bone material by cells called 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, 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 stabilization by metal plate and screws 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 vice versa. The exact mechanisms by which bone development is triggered remains unclear, but it involves growth factors and cytokines in some way.

Definition of ossified in the English dictionary

The first definition of ossified in the dictionary is converted into bone. Other definition of ossified is having become set and inflexible. Ossified is also intoxicated; drunk.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OSSIFIED


basified
ˈbeɪsɪˌfaɪd
certified
ˈsɜːtɪˌfaɪd
cissified
ˈsɪsɪˌfaɪd
classified
ˈklæsɪˌfaɪd
crucified
ˈkruːsɪˌfaɪd
declassified
ˌdiːˈklæsɪˌfaɪd
denazified
diːˈnɑːtsɪˌfaɪd
diversified
daɪˈvɜːsɪˌfaɪd
nancified
ˈnænsɪˌfaɪd
Nazified
ˈnɑːtsɪˌfaɪd
nondiversified
ˌnɒndaɪˈvɜːsɪˌfaɪd
princified
ˈprɪnsɪˌfaɪd
Russified
ˈrʌsɪˌfaɪd
sissified
ˈsɪsɪˌfaɪd
uncalcified
ʌnˈkælsɪˌfaɪd
unclassified
ʌnˈklæsɪˌfaɪd
undiversified
ˌʌndaɪˈvɜːsɪˌfaɪd
unossified
ʌnˈɒsɪˌfaɪd
unpacified
ʌnˈpæsɪˌfaɪd
unspecified
ʌnˈspɛsɪˌfaɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OSSIFIED

ossia
Ossian
Ossianic
ossicle
ossicular
Ossie
Ossietzky
ossiferous
ossific
ossification
ossifier
ossifies
ossifrage
ossify
ossivorous
osso bucco
ossuaries
ossuary

WORDS THAT END LIKE OSSIFIED

amplified
clarified
disqualified
electrified
fortified
horrified
justified
modified
notified
purified
qualified
quantified
satisfied
simplified
specified
terrified
testified
unidentified
unified
unverified
verified

Synonyms and antonyms of ossified in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OSSIFIED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ossified» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ossified

Translation of «ossified» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OSSIFIED

Find out the translation of ossified to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ossified from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ossified» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

僵化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

osificado
570 millions of speakers

English

ossified
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अस्थिकृत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متحجرا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

окостеневший
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ossificado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ossified
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ossifié
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dihentikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verknöcherten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

硬直した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

골화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ossified
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cứng nhắc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர்மட்டத்தில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्थिर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kemikleşmiş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ossificata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skostniałymi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скостенілий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

osificat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποστεωμένη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ossified
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förbenad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ossified
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ossified

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ossified

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QUOTES WITH «OSSIFIED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ossified.
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Bob Wells
The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OSSIFIED»

Discover the use of ossified in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ossified and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in ...
Visible are large ossified sternal plates articulated with ossified sternal ribs, as well as a series of ossified uncinate processes. The scapuloco- racoids are no longer in articulation with the cora- coidial grooves on the anterior edges of the ...
Gregory S. Paul, 2002
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Bones: Structure and Mechanics
Many of the birds that have ossified tendons spend much of their time walking, rather than flying; pheasants, turkeys, and chickens are examples. In these birds the tendon is replaced by bone over much of its length. In turkeys, ossified leg ...
John D. Currey, 2002
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Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the ...
The valves of the aorta slightly ossified ; with dilatation and ossification of the aorta itself. One of the coronary arteries is also ossified to a considerable extent from its origin. 324. Part of the arch of the aorta much ossified, and somewhat dilated ...
Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum, 1830
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Catalogue of the Contents of the Museum of the Royal College ...
323. The valves of the aorta slightly ossified ; with dilatation and ossification of the aorta itself. One of the coronary arteries is also ossified to a considerable extent from its origin. 324. Part of the arch of the aorta much ossified, and somewhat ...
‎1830
5
OPLL: Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
However, sufficient decompression occasionally cannot be achieved by shifting the ossified ligament anteriorly in patients whose ossified ligament is sharply protruding toward the spinal cord, resembling a bird's beak. This sharply protruding ...
K. Yonenobu, K. Nakamura, Y. Toyama, 2007
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Catalogue of the Hunterian Collection in the Museum of the ...
The valves of the aorta slightly ossified; with dilatation and ossification of the aorta itself. One of the coronary arteries is also ossified to a considerable extent from its origin. 324. Part of the arch of the aorta much ossified, and somewhat dilated ...
Royal College of Surgeons in London. Museum, 1830
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Principles and Methods of Toxicology
For these sites, incompletely ossified centra are included in the count and unossified sites are excluded. Any alterations in sternal ossification are noted. For example, sternal ossification between the manubrium and xiphoid is nonsequential, ...
A Wallace Hayes, 2001
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Syndromes of the Head and Neck
Achondrogeneses Type 1A Type 1B Skull Vertebral column Poorly ossified Bodies unossified Pedicles ossified Mild ossification disturbance Body minimally ossified Arches ossified only in cervical and upper thoracic region Short without ...
M.S. D.Sc. Regents' Professor Emeritus of Oral Pathology and Genetics at School of Dentistry Robert J. Gorlin D.D.S, D.M.D. M. Michael Cohen Jr., Ph.D. Professor Oral Pathology Faculty of Denistry, Ph.D. Department of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics Raoul C.M. Hennekam M.D., Academic Medical Center University of Amsterdam, 2001
9
Current Therapy in Equine Medicine
In feet in which one cartilage had a high ossification grade and the other was less ossified, Ru ratio at the base of the cartilage for the less ossified side was significantly lower than the other, indicating increased remodeling at the base of the ...
Norman Edward Robinson, Kim A. Sprayberry, 2009
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Hyman's Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
An occipital group of bones is typically ossified around the foramei magnum in the parachordals and tecta at the rear end of the chondro cranium (fig. 8.6B, 8.7 A , B). They are the supraoccipital above; the twc exoccipitals, one on each side; ...
Marvalee H. Wake, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OSSIFIED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ossified is used in the context of the following news items.
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The better to hear you with
These include patients with anatomical malformations of the cochlea and temporal bone, patients deafened from meningitis with an ossified ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
2
Ed Lotterman: Wealth of nations changes over time – not always for …
Judiciaries in most countries are ossified and in some corrupt. Despite efforts by numerous conservative and centrist governments to reduce ... «The Idaho Statesman, Jul 15»
3
How NASA advanced the cause of African Americans during the …
The space program galvanized the nation, yet Jim Crow laws, ossified attitudes and basic racism stood as barriers to African American ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
Four-Legged Snake Shakes Up Squamate Family Tree - Or Does It?
Lee notes that the limbs of Tetrapodophis seem to be “fairly poorly ossified.” “That's not what you find in burrowers because you want your ... «Discover Magazine, Jul 15»
5
Modernity And The Madrasa
This ossified mode of learning had some merit hundreds of years ago, but to defend it now in the name of minority rights is a gross injustice to ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
6
Lessons on Corruption from Cuba's Mariela Castro
Mariela defends her family's 56 year old ossified regime with tooth and nail, so by definition she is the conservative. For the record, she only ... «Havana Times, Jul 15»
7
The Left Versus The Internet
Given the political headwinds of 2008, when the Left saw itself as battling against the ossified remains of the Religious Right, as personified by ... «The Federalist, Jul 15»
8
How to End Partisan Gridlock, India Edition
Certain policies, including revisions to India's ossified labor laws -- something Modi is just beginning to discuss with unions -- will require action ... «Bloomberg View, Jul 15»
9
Review: 'Dylan Goes Electric!' Considers Folk, Rock and a '60s Divide
But it's the agility of Mr. Wald's thinking and his willingness to treat a long-ossified event as living history that give “Dylan Goes Electric!” its bite. «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Labour didn't just lose because of its leader. The party's campaign …
But the problem with this pride is that is has ossified into a fetishisation of the way canvassing is done that I believe is now part of the problem. «New Statesman, Jul 15»

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