ossificadj.
/ɒˈsɪfɪk/, U.S. /ɑˈsɪfɪk/ Of, relating to, or causing ossification; characterized by or exhibiting ossification.
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ossific1638
ossified1695
ossifying1722
ossificated1727
symphysial1835
osteogenetic1857
ossifiant1860
osteogenic1860
parosteal1869
ossificatory1870
osteoplastic1870
parostotic1870
osteogenous1872
symphysian-
1638 A. Read Man. Anat. Body of Man (new ed.) v. i. 503 The efficient cause is the ossifick faculty of the spirit.
1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. ii. vii. 184 You may..dry the Bone, and dispose it by virtue of its ossifick faculty to thrust out a Callus.
1722 W. Cheselden Anat. Humane Body (ed. 2) i. i. 3 The ossific matter not flowing far enough to complete a Bone.
1780 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 70 328 The thoracic duct, intirely plugged up with ossific matter.
1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 103 Without any manifest cause existing to excite such ossific inflammation.
1893 N. Amer. Rev. June 757 Ossific matter deposited in the body must be dissolved as far as possible.
1950 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 137 461 The progress in the ossific condition as weight and age respectively increase is shown.
1993 J. Meades Pompey (1994) 385 Bones devoured by industrial teeth,..the grinding of ossific splinters.
Compounds
ossific centre n. Anatomy a centre of ossification.
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1862 Gray's Anat. (U.S. ed. 2) 39 The number of ossific centres is different in different bones.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 334 The ordinary ossific centres found in other vertebræ.
1967 Jrnl. Bone & Joint Surg. 49B 766 (title) Injury to the lower medial epiphysis of the humerus before development of the ossific centre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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