ossified's Usage Examples:

It was fully digitised and could be adapted to ossified cochleas.

mammals and birds; most marsupials have only rudimentary, non-ossified patellae although a few species possess a bony patella.

the balance between differentiation of mesenchymal precursor cells into ossified bone or cartilage.

They had carnivoran-type carnassials, but lacked fully ossified auditory bullae (rounded protrusions).

The plates that comprise the carapace of the lone specimen exhumed were analyzed and somewhat indicated that they were not completely ossified.

An epiphyseal line is an epiphyseal plate that has become ossified.

cartilaginous process (extension) of the inferior (lower) part of the sternum, which is usually ossified in the adult human.

sauropod with ossified distal tarsals.

The lesion is usually identified as a well demarcated, expansile mass with an ossified rim at the periphery.

Like Murrindalaspis, it is only known from a dorsal plate and ossified eyeballs.

fossilised embryos have been found in female specimens and ossified pelvic claspers found in males.

now abandoned term for a series of small, poorly ossified fossils of labyrinthodont amphibians from the Paleozoic.

damaged Primrose syndrome, a rare genetic disease in which cartilage becomes ossified.

Synonyms:

fossilised, fossilized, inflexible,

Antonyms:

adaptable, compromising, elastic, flexible,