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hyperossified

hyperossified adjective: ossified to an abnormal extent.

Adjective

hyperossified (comparative more hyperossified, superlative most hyperossified)

  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 Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant and Extinct Salamandrids”, in...

Forms of hyperossified

comparativemore hyperossified
superlativemost hyperossified

Origin of hyperossified

From hyper- + ossified.

Questions about hyperossified

What does hyperossified mean?
Hyperossified means ossified to an abnormal extent.
What part of speech is hyperossified?
Hyperossified is an adjective.

Words near hyperossified in the dictionary

  1. hyperosmosis
  2. hyperosmotic
  3. hyperosmotically
  4. hyperossification
  5. hyperossifications
  6. hyperossified
  7. hyperosteoclastogenesis
  8. hyperosteogeny
  9. hyperosteoidosis
  10. hyperosteosis
  11. hyperostoses

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