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Word of the Day : August 25, 2021
ossify \AH-suh-fye\ verb
What It Means
In science, ossify means "to change into bone." Outside of science, it means "to make or become hardened and opposed to change."
// When a baby is born, many of the bones in its body have yet to ossify.
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