Ossify Mnemonic
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ossify
ossify
/ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪ/
harden
Examples
- It would completely ossify.
- The bone is ossified in cartilage.
- The ligament is sometimes ossified.
- The maxilla is ossified in membrane.
- This cartilage may ossify with age.
- We must be careful not to ossify.
- It can be confused with the peripheral ossifying fibroma.
- Spielberg and company manage not to ossify history.
- They were subsequently found to be ossified tendons.
- Common sense should not be replaced with ossified legislation.
become bony
verb
make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
verb
cause to become hard and bony
verb
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"Os + Sigh. The bones sigh as they turn rock solid and stiff."
"Os + Sigh. Old bones harden and sigh, turning into stone."
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