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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

ossis

, bone +

facere

to make: cf. F.

ossifique

. See

Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.

Adj.

[L. os, a bone, and facio, to make.]

Having power to ossify or change carneous and membranous substances to bone.

ossific ‎(not comparable)

Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.