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pl.
of Ossiculum
imp. & p. p.
of Ossify
n.
Same as Ossicle.
a.
Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; -- applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in some fetal skulls.
n.
A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian.
a.
Changing into bone; becoming bone; as, the ossifying process.
n.
A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.
a.
Feeding on bones; eating bones; as, ossivorous quadrupeds.
a.
Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, Ossian, a legendary Erse or Celtic bard.
n.
The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Ossify
n.
The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue.
n.
The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far.
n.
A very large vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle.
n.
A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.
n.
One of the central ossicles in each joint of the arms of an ophiuran.
a.
Within or beneath a membrane; as, intermembranous ossification.
a.
In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule.
a.
Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginous ossification.
v. t.
Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart.
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