ossified

English

Adjective

ossified (comparative more ossified, superlative most ossified)

Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone).

ossified cartilage
(of ideas or attitudes) Inflexible, old-fashioned.

Synonyms

(of ideas: inflexible, old-fashioned): deep-seated, démodé, established, fixed, hard-and-fast, inflexible, ingrained, old-fashioned, outdated, outmoded, out of date, passé, rigid

Translations

of ideas or attitudes, inflexible, old-fashioned

Finnish: kangistunut
German: verknöchert (de)

Romanian: neadaptabil m, anchilozat (ro) m, n, învechit (ro) m, n
Russian: закостенелый (ru) m (zakostenelyj)

Verb

ossified

simple past tense and past participle of ossify

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