ossified
— Adjective
– English
~ set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system"
ossify
— Verb
– English
~ cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the tissue"
ossify
— Verb
– English
~ become bony; "The tissue ossified"
ossify
— Verb
– English
~ make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"