ossify
/ˈɒsɪfaɪ/verb
(-ies, -ied)no obj.
1- turn into bone or bony tissue骨化：
these tracheal cartilages may ossify.
这些气管软骨可能会骨化。
1.1
- often as adj. ossified figurative cease developing; stagnate〈喻〉停滞; 僵化：
ossified political institutions.
僵化的政治制度。
派生词
ossification
noun词源
early 18th cent.: from French ossifier, from Latin os, oss- 'bone'.