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ossific, a.|ɒˈsɪfɪk|
[f. L. os, ossi- bone + -fic.]
Bone-forming; becoming or making bone; ossifying. ossific centre, a centre of ossification.
1676Wiseman Chirurg. Treat. ii. vii. 184 You may..dry the Bone, and dispose it by virtue of its ossifick faculty to thrust out a Callus. 1713Cheselden Anat. i. i. (1726) 8 The ossific matter not flowing far enough to complete a bone. 1804Abernethy Surg. Obs. 103 Without any manifest cause existing to excite such ossific inflammation. 1881Mivart Cat 334 The ordinary ossific centres found in other vertebræ. |