ossifyverb
uk/ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪ/us/ˈɑː.sə.faɪ/ossify verb (IDEAS)
[ I or T ] formal disapproving If habits or ideas ossify, or if something ossifies them, they become fixed and unable to change:
Years of easy success had ossified the company's thinking and it never faced up to the challenge of the new technology.
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Not able to be changed
- a leopard can't/doesn't change its spots idiom
- be no hard and fast rules idiom
- burn your boats/bridges idiom
- congenital
- continuity
- fixed
- fixity
- hard line
- hard line
- immutable
- incurable
- irredeemable
- irreducible
- irremediable
- irreparable
- irretrievable
- stasis
- stuck
- uncompromising
- what's done is done idiom
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ossify verb (BODY)
[ I ] specialized medical If body tissue ossifies, it becomes hard and changes into bone.
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Problems & bones, joints & teeth
- arthritic
- arthrosis
- bruxism
- buck teeth
- central giant cell granuloma
- chondrosarcoma
- chordoma
- fracture
- gout
- impacted
- osteoporosis
- put sth out 1
- repetitive strain injury
- rheumatology
- root canal
- RSI
- teeth grinding
- temporomandibular joint disorder
- toothache
- trigger finger
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ossified
adjective uk/ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪd/us/ˈɑː.sə.faɪd/