Etymology

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Today it means: Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone. Full definition →

Latin os
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromos
  2. English todayossific

From Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + facere (“to make”). Compare French ossifique.

Words from the same roots

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