chondrify

American  

[kon-druh-fahy] / ˈkɒn drəˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

chondrified, chondrifying

1. to change (a precursor tissue) into cartilage.

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verb (used without object)

chondrified, chondrifying

1. to become cartilage.

chondrify British  

/ ˈkɒndrɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. to become or convert into cartilage

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Other Word Forms

• chondrification
  noun

Etymology

Origin of chondrify

First recorded in 1870–75; chondr- + -ify

Example Sentences

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chondrify chondrified

Figures of early stages in vertebral development by the authors mentioned show that the basidorsals chondrify first, as neural arches, while a separate mass of mesenchyme lies externally and ventrally from these.

From The Ancestry of Modern Amphibia: A Review of the Evidence by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)

In the Amphibia the cornea is more convex than in the fish, but the lens is circular and the sclerotic often chondrified.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

The sclerotic in fishes is usually chondrified and sometimes calcified or ossified.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various