ossifying
present participle ofossify
ossify
verb
uk/ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪ/us/ˈɑː.sə.faɪ/ossifyverb(IDEAS)
[IorT]formaldisapproving
Ifhabitsorideasossify, or if something ossifies them, theybecomefixedandunabletochange:
Yearsofeasysuccesshad ossified the company'sthinkingand it neverfacedup to thechallengeof the newtechnology.
Not able to be changed
- a leopard can't/doesn't change its spotsidiom
- be no hard and fast rulesidiom
- burnyourboats/bridgesidiom
- congenital
- continuity
- deep-seated
- incurably
- inelastic
- inelasticity
- inflexible
- ingrain
- irrevocable
- irrevocably
- leopard
- maladaptive
- sb's way or the highwayidiom
- uncompromising
- uncompromisingly
- unredeemable
- what's done is doneidiom
ossifyverb(BODY)
[I]medicalspecialized
Ifbodytissueossifies, itbecomeshard andchangesintobone.
Problems with bones, joints & teeth
- anti-plaque
- anti-rachitic
- anticaries
- arthrosis
- backache
- bruxism
- bunion
- compound fracture
- gout
- impacted
- lumbago
- maxillofacial
- myelomeningocele
- ossification
- osteoarthritis
- osteomyelitis
- periodontitis
- rickets
- RSI
- tennis elbow
Examplesofossifying
ossifying
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I wonder whether there may be an effect here ofossifyingerror.
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I do not think it will have anossifyingeffect on local authorities themselves.
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It might have a sort ofossifyingeffect.
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The whole structure is an ossified andossifyingone.
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If this is so, surely the clause is immediately at fault in inhibiting such transfers andossifyingthe private forestry industry.
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There is no advantage inossifyingthe timetable by specifying it in advance and giving a franchise operator no freedom or flexibility to grow the market and respond to it.
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We must not considerossifyingthe economy.
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It can be confused with the peripheralossifyingfibroma.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Within some years the condition spread to other parts of his body,ossifyinghis tendons and muscle and fusing his joints.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Instead, the three are associated with each other because they appear frequently on gingiva: pyogenic granuloma and peripheralossifyingfibroma.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Instead, the three are associated with each other because they appear frequently on gingiva - peripheral giant cell granuloma and peripheralossifyingfibroma.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Centralossifyingfibromas are more common in the mandible around premolars and molars.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There are three types: fibromatous,ossifyingand acanthomatous.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Other fibromas: chondromyxoid fibroma, desmoplasmic fibroma, nonossifying fibroma,ossifyingfibroma, nuchal fibroma, collagenous fibroma, fibroma of tendon sheath, perifollicular fibroma, pleomorphic fibroma, uterine fibroma, etc.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This rationalized and stabilized the rulers status and laws of succession but had the effect ofossifyingthe leadership and encouraging official corruption.
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