OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 13626

ossify

/ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
osificar
To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.
[…], nor do all bones of the same skeleton ossify during the samе period of time.