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Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.

Destitute of a bony structure.

tes the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See Coral.

The shaft, or main part, of a bone, which is first ossified.

Growing from previously ossified parts; -- opposed to autogenous. Owen. Exogenous aneurism (Med.), an aneurism which is produced by causes acting from without, as from injury.

The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue.

ous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the hind limbs are articulated. When fully ossified, the arch usually consists of three principal bones on each side, the ilium, ischium, and pubis, which are often closely united in the adult, forming the innominate bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate.…