chondrify

[kon-druh-fahy]

verb (used with object)

chondrified, chondrifying 

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

verb (used without object)

chondrified, chondrifying 

1. to become cartilage.

chondrify

/ ˈkɒndrɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. to become or convert into cartilage

Other Word Forms

• chondrification noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of chondrify¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

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