adj. Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Ossifying; osteogenic; making bone; causing ossification, or converting connective or cartilaginous tissue into bone: as, an ossific process. See ossification.
Word Usage
"Such is not a counsel of ossific reaction, quite the contrary."