ossicle | (noun) a small bone; especially one in the middle ear | Synonyms: bonelet, ossiculum |
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ossicular | (adjective) pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear | Synonyms: ossiculate |
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ossiculate | (adjective) pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear | Synonyms: ossicular |
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ossiculum | (noun) a small bone; especially one in the middle ear | Synonyms: bonelet, ossicle |
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ossiferous | (adjective) containing bones (especially fossil bones) | - |
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ossification | (noun) hardened conventionality | Synonyms: conformity |
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(noun) the developmental process of bone formation | - |
(noun) the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior | - |
(noun) the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material | - |
ossified | (adjective) set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs | Synonyms: fossilised, fossilized |
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ossify | (verb) become bony | - |
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(verb) cause to become hard and bony | - |
(verb) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern | Synonyms: petrify, rigidify |