chondrify

American

[kon-druh-fahy] / ˈkɒn drəˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

chondrified, chondrifying

to change (a precursor tissue) into cartilage.

verb (used without object)

chondrified, chondrifying

to become cartilage.

chondrify British

/ ˈkɒndrɪˌfaɪ /

verb

to become or convert into cartilage

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chondrification

noun

Etymology

Origin of chondrify

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

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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)

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