ossify

Significado (Inglés)

1. (ambitransitive) To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.
2. (ambitransitive, animate) To become (or cause to become) inflexible and rigid in habits or opinions.
3. (ambitransitive, inanimate) To grow (or cause to grow) formulaic and permanent.
4. (rare) To calcify.

Conceptos

osificarse

Opuesto a

deossify

Sinónimos

rigidify

fossilize

harden

petrify

establish

osteogenesis

grow stiff

tenure

turn to stone

Traducciones

verknöchern

ossificar

οστεοποιώ

αποστεούμαι

ακινητοποιούμαι

pétrifier

se racornir

s’ossifier

irrigidire

pietrificare

ossificarsi

verharden

verstenen

verbenen

ossificar

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Back-formation from ossification, or modeled on French ossifier and formed from Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + -ify.