1. changed into bone or a bone-like substance
Usage: medical; biological
2. rigid and unwilling to change; set in one’s ways
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The ancient skeleton showed ossified cartilage in several joints.
• X-rays revealed ossified tissue where the injury had healed.
• His ossified thinking prevented him from accepting new ideas.
• The company’s ossified management structure resisted all attempts at reform.
• Years of routine had left her with ossified habits.
• The ossified bureaucracy moved slowly on every decision.