unossifiedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɒsᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈɑsəˌfaɪd/ Not (yet) ossified.
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1722 W. Cheselden Anat. Humane Body (ed. 2) i. i. 2 I have never seen but one instance of a Bone in an adult Body unossified.
1828 M. Ryan Man. Midwifery 12 Owing to its bones being separate and unossified.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) v. 109 The capillary bloodvessels grow into the unossified cartilage in an excessive and uncontrolled way.
2003 S. Death tr. S. Lindqvist Bench Press 120 The fortunate ones are those..who have retained their soft, delicate, unossified intervals to save them!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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