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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

/ ˈɒԻɪˌڲɪ /

verb

  1. to become or convert into cartilage
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Derived Forms

  • ˌDzԻھˈپDz, noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of chondrify1

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

Examples have not been reviewed.

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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