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chondrify

chondrify verb: to convert, or be converted, into cartilage.

Verb

chondrify (third-person singular simple present chondrifies, present participle chondrifying, simple past and past participle chondrified)

  1. (ambitransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.

Forms of chondrify

third-person singular presentchondrifies
present participlechondrifying
past participlechondrified
pastchondrified

Origin of chondrify

By surface analysis, chondr- + -ify or chondri- + -fy.

Questions about chondrify

What does chondrify mean?
Chondrify means to convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
What part of speech is chondrify?
Chondrify is a verb.
What is the past tense of chondrify?
The past tense of chondrify is chondrified.

Words near chondrify in the dictionary

  1. chondricthyan
  2. chondrification
  3. chondrifications
  4. chondrified
  5. chondrifies
  6. chondrify
  7. chondrifying
  8. chondrigen
  9. chondrigenous
  10. chondrillasterol
  11. chondrin

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