ossifrage (osifraj)

[L. o ifragus, m., o ifraga, f., the sea-eagle, o ifrage, Sp. osifrago = F. o ifrage ), bone breaking, The dilated aorta everywhere in the neighbourhood of the cyst is generally o ified . Sharpe , Surgery. II. in trans. To become bone; undergo o ification; change or be changed from soft ti ue to bone. Along the surface of an o ifying bone, the yielding of the ti ue when bent will not be uniform. H. Spencer , Prin. of Biol., § 301. o ivorous (o-siv'ō-rus), a . [L. os ( o - ), bone, + vorare , devour.) Eating or feeding on bones. In a dog and other o ivorous quadrupeds, 'tis [the caliber of the gullet is] very large. Derham , Physico-Theol., I. 280, note.