to become ossified

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• ossified — os·si·fy || É‘sɪfaɪ / É’s v. turn rigid; harden; turn into bone; become set in own ways …   English contemporary dictionary

• ossified — adjective cease developing; become inflexible. → ossify …   English new terms dictionary

• skeleton — skeletonless, adj. skeletonlike, adj. /skel i tn/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body. 2. any of various structures forming a rigid framework in an invertebrate.… …   Universalium

• Tendon — For other uses, see Tendon (disambiguation). Tendon One such tendon in the Human Body, the Achilles tendon. Latin tendo Cod …   Wikipedia

• Ligament — A ligament is a tough band of connective tissue that connects various structures such as two bones. Ligament is a fitting term; it comes from the Latin ligare meaning to bind or tie. * * * 1. A band or sheet of fibrous tissue connecting two or… …   Medical dictionary

• Psittacosaurus — Taxobox name = Psittacosaurus fossil range = Early Cretaceous image width = 200px image caption = Mounted cast of a Psittacosaurus mongoliensis skull at the Australian Museum, Sydney. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida… …   Wikipedia

• Xiphoid process — A pointed cartilage attached to the lower end of the breastbone or sternum, the smallest and lowest division of the sternum. Cartilaginous early in life, it may become ossified (bony) in adults. It is sometimes simply called the xiphoid. Also… …   Medical dictionary

• Frederick II — 1. See Frederick I (def. 2). 2. ( Frederick the Great ) 1712 86, king of Prussia 1740 86 (son of Frederick William I). * * * I German Friedrich known as Frederick the Great born Jan. 24, 1712, Berlin died Aug. 17, 1786, Potsdam, near Berlin King… …   Universalium

• Sinonyx — Taxobox name = Sinonyx fossil range = Late Paleocene image width = 250px image caption = Sinonyx jiashanensis regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Mesonychia familia = Mesonychidae genus = Sinonyx species = Sinonyx… …   Wikipedia

• Sartre, Jean-Paul — born June 21, 1905, Paris, France died April 15, 1980, Paris French philosopher, novelist, and playwright, the foremost exponent of existentialism. He studied at the Sorbonne, where he met Simone de Beauvoir, who became his lifelong companion and …   Universalium

• myositis ossificans — ▪ pathology also called  Stiffman syndrome        disorder of unknown cause in which connective tissue and muscle are replaced by bone. In the more common local type (myositis ossificans circumscripta), only one area is affected; ossification is… …   Universalium