Definition

1. Verb:
   • To ossify: The primary meaning of "cốt hoá" is the biological process of transforming cartilage or other tissue into bone or a bone-like substance. It refers to the hardening and calcification of tissue.
   • To become rigid or inflexible (figurative): In a broader, often figurative sense, "cốt hoá" can describe the process of becoming rigid, fixed, or unchangeable in thought, structure, or practice.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sụn sẽ dần cốt hoá để tạo thành xương ở trẻ em. (Cartilage will gradually ossify to form bone in children.)
  • Những quan niệm lỗi thời đó đã cốt hoá trong tư tưởng của họ. (Those outdated notions have ossified in their thinking.)
  • Quá trình cốt hoá hoàn tất khi con người trưởng thành. (The ossification process is complete when a person reaches adulthood.)

Advanced Usage

• "sự cốt hoá" (noun): The state or process of ossification.
  • Sự cốt hoá sớm của các khớp có thể gây ra vấn đề về vận động. (The early ossification of joints can cause mobility problems.)
• Used in medical, biological, and sociological contexts to describe hardening processes.

Variants and Related Words

• Cốt hoá (danh từ hoá) / Ossification (n): The noun form referring to the process or result.
• Cứng nhắc / Rigid, inflexible: An adjective describing a state similar to the figurative result of "cốt hoá".
• Hoá xương: A near-synonym specifically meaning "to turn into bone".

Synonyms

• Hoá xương: To turn into bone (more literal).
• Đông cứng: To solidify, to harden (can be used figuratively for ideas).
• Trở nên cứng nhắc: To become rigid/inflexible (figurative).

Related Phrases/Idioms

• : Figurative phrase meaning "ossified thinking" or "rigid ideology".
  • Tổ chức đó thất bại vì tư duy lãnh đạo đã cốt hoá. (That organization failed because the leadership's thinking had ossified.)