hyperossified

Ossified to an abnormal extent.

Adjective

  1. Ossified to an abnormal extent.
    • This applies especially to the massive, hyperossified skull in which the maxilla is sutured posteriorly with the quadratojugal-quadrate, and the supratemporal opening is much reduced in size. - 2015 October 1, “An...

Origin

From hyper- + ossified.

Forms

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