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Definition of Ossific
1. a. Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.
Definition of Ossific
1. Adjective. Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ossific
1. pertaining to the formation of bone [adj]
Medical Definition of Ossific
1. Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone. Origin: L. Os, ossis, bone + facere = to make: cf. F. Ossifique. See Fact. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ossific
Literary usage of Ossific
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Foreign Medical Science and Literature edited by Samuel Emlen (1813)
"Two Canes of Simple Fracture, in which ossific Union was promoted by the Use of
Caustic Issues. ... ossific ..."
2. A Practical treatise on the causes, symptoms and treatment of spermatorrhœa by François Lallemand (1861)
"Suppuration in the seminal vesicles—ossific deposit in the w«iI
deferentia—Cystitis—Phlebitis—Old adhesions of the arachnoid <ui pleurae—Abscesses
in the ..."
3. Lectures on the Structure and Physiology of the Parts Composing the Skeleton by James Wilson (1820)
"... and thus convert these parts into bone^ This disposition and action has been
called by John Hunter, the adhesive ossific inflammation. ..."
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