ossify
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- Become bony
- Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
- Cause to become hard and bony
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📰 This Word in the News:
Beating the Ossification Trap: Why Reform, Not Spending, Will Salvage American Power
Feb 15, 2024 War on the Rocks
Feb 15, 2024 War on the Rocks
Heterotopic mesenteric ossification in a Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni)
Aug 7, 2026 USGS (.gov)
Aug 7, 2026 USGS (.gov)
Australia’s constitution is not a sacred document. Without change it will ossify
Jul 9, 2023 The Guardian
Jul 9, 2023 The Guardian