ossified

Words with a similar base: ossified

'ossified'

[ossify.v.01] as in: become bony

Examples:
The tissue ossified

'ossified'

[rigidify.v.02] as in: make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

Examples:
rigidify the training schedule
ossified teaching methods
slogans petrify our thinking

'ossified'

[ossify.v.03] as in: cause to become hard and bony

Examples:
The disease ossified the tissue

'ossified'

[fossilized.s.01] as in: set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs

Examples:
obsolete fossilized ways
an ossified bureaucratic system

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