ossified
/ˈɑsɪfaɪd/
adjective
- Turned into bone; hardened like bone.
- The X-ray showed an ossified lump in the tendon.
- The fossil contained ossified remains of a dinosaur's tail.
- As people age, some cartilage becomes ossified and less flexible.
- Having become fixed, rigid, or unable to change; outdated or stubborn.
- His ossified opinions on education made him unpopular with younger teachers.
- The ossified bureaucracy refused to update its procedures.
- The company's ossified management style drove away creative employees.
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verb
- Past tense and past participle of ossify: turned into bone or became rigid.
- Over time, the soft tissue ossified and became hard.
- The old traditions ossified into unbreakable rules.
- The cartilage ossified as the child grew older.