ossified
adjective
hardened like or into bone.
unossified
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a word derived from
ossified.
Example Sentences
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Probably not, because a meningocele usually protrudes through an unossified part of the skull, usually at the back, sometimes at the root of the nose.
From Time Magazine Archive
In some species one or more of the digital processes are frequently completely unossified.
From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Sydney Anderson
The symptoms of rachitis become apparent at the pelvis and at the wide open, soft parts of the skull, the unossified fontanelles.
From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Louis Dechmann
Ossification proceeds rapidly from the maxillaries medially to the unossified ethmoid, which is the last of the cranial bones to appear.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
As yet, however, there are no limbs, nor even any bony skeleton, for the primitive vertebral column is hitherto unossified cartilage.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by George John Romanes
