meaning of ossify

1. To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
2.
Fig. : To harden; as, to ossify the heart.
3.
To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.
4.
become bony; "The tissue ">ossified"


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