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endochondrally

endochondrally adverb: within cartilage.

Adverb

endochondrally (not comparable)

  1. Within cartilage
    • The pedicles of the arch largely consist of calcified cartilage and contain some endochondrally formed bone spicules (Fig 13B ).2015 October 15, “Perinatal Specimens of Saurolophus angustirostris (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae), from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of endochondrally

From endochondral + -ly.

Questions about endochondrally

What does endochondrally mean?
Endochondrally means within cartilage.
What part of speech is endochondrally?
Endochondrally is an adverb.

Words near endochondrally in the dictionary

  1. endochitinase
  2. endochitinases
  3. endochitinolysis
  4. endochitinolytic
  5. endochondral
  6. endochondrally
  7. endochondreal
  8. endochondrial
  9. endochorion
  10. endochorionic
  11. endochrinal

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