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• v  become bony
• v  make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
• v  cause to become hard and bony

• Reason: a protective band of tissue that supports the growth plate starts to break down at puberty so that bone can completely ossify in preparation for adulthood.
• Children and animals that live in glassed houses are cheated of that ultraviolet part of the sun's light which helps the bones ossify.
• All fixed, fast-frozen relations are swept away; all new-formed ones become antiquated before they can ossify.

• rigidify
• petrify

News & Articles

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