ossifier
/ˈɑsɪfaɪər/
noun
- Something that turns into bone or causes bone formation.
- In the lab, they used a chemical ossifier to harden the tissue sample.
- The scientist studied the role of certain cells as ossifiers in the skeleton.
- Calcium is a natural ossifier that helps build strong bones.
- A person or thing that makes something rigid or unchanging.
- Critics called the committee an ossifier of outdated policies.
- The old manager was an ossifier who blocked every new idea.
- Strict rules can act as an ossifier, stopping progress in an organization.
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