English-Thai Dictionary

ossify

VI ทำให้ แข็ง เหมือน กระดูก  fossilize harden tam-hai-kang-muang-kra-duk

 

ossify

VT ทำให้ แข็ง เหมือน กระดูก  fossilize harden tam-hai-kang-muang-kra-duk

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OSSIFY

v.t.[L. os, bone, anf facio, to form. ] To form bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, or convert into a substance of the hardness of bones. This is done by the deposition of calcarious phosphate or carbonate on the part.

 

OSSIFY

v.i.To become bone; to change from soft matter into a substance of bony hardness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OSSIFY

Os "si *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ossified; p. pr. & vb. n. Ossifying. ]Etym: [L. os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. ossifier. See Osseous. ]

 

1. (Physiol.)

 

Defn: 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. Ruskin.

 

OSSIFY

OSSIFY Os "si *fy, v. i. (Physiol.)

 

Defn: To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.

 

OSSIFYING

OSSIFYING Os "si *fy `ing, a. (Physiol.)

 

Defn: Changing into bone; becoming bone; as, the ossifying process.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ossify

os si fy |ˈäsəˌfī ˈɑsəˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( ossifies, ossifying, ossified ) [ no obj. ] 1 turn into bone or bony tissue: these tracheal cartilages may ossify. 2 (often as adj. ossified ) cease developing; be stagnant or rigid: ossified political institutions. DERIVATIVES os si fi ca tion |ˌäsəfiˈkāSHən |noun ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French ossifier, from Latin os, oss- ‘bone. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

ossify

ossify |ˈɒsɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( ossifies, ossifying, ossified ) [ no obj. ] 1 turn into bone or bony tissue: these tracheal cartilages may ossify. 2 (often as adj. ossified ) cease developing; stagnate: ossified political institutions. DERIVATIVES ossification |-fɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French ossifier, from Latin os, oss- ‘bone ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ossify

ossify verb 1 the cartilage may ossify: turn into bone, become bony, calcify, harden, solidify, rigidify, petrify. 2 the old political institutions have ossified: become inflexible, become rigid, fossilize, calcify, rigidify, stagnate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ossify

ossify verb 1 these cartilages may ossify: turn into bone, become bony, harden, solidify, stiffen, rigidify, petrify, fossilize; rare indurate. 2 past oligarchies have fallen from power because they ossified: become inflexible, become rigid, fossilize, harden, rigidify, stagnate, become unyielding /obdurate, become unprogressive, cease developing.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ossify

os si fy /ɑ́sɪfàɪ |ɔ́s -/動詞 -fies ; -fied ; ～ing 自動詞 他動詞 1 ｟かたく 非難して ｠(〈考え 制度など 〉が [を ])硬化する [させる ]; (…が )融通がきかなくなる .2 〘医 〙(…が [を ])骨化する [させる ].ò s si fi c á tion 名詞