chon·dri·fy

(kŏn′drə-fī′)

v. chon·dri·fied, chon·dri·fy·ing, chon·dri·fies

v.tr.

To change (a tissue) into cartilage.

v.intr.

To develop into cartilage or become cartilaginous.

chon′dri·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.

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chondrify

(ˈkɒndrɪˌfaɪ)

vb, -fies, -fying or -fied

(Physiology) to become or convert into cartilage

ˌchondrifiˈcation n

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chondrify

Past participle: chondrified
Gerund: chondrifying

Imperative
chondrify
chondrify

Present
I chondrify
you chondrify
he/she/it chondrifies
we chondrify
you chondrify
they chondrify

Preterite
I chondrified
you chondrified
he/she/it chondrified
we chondrified
you chondrified
they chondrified

Present Continuous
I am chondrifying
you are chondrifying
he/she/it is chondrifying
we are chondrifying
you are chondrifying
they are chondrifying

Present Perfect
I have chondrified
you have chondrified
he/she/it has chondrified
we have chondrified
you have chondrified
they have chondrified

Past Continuous
I was chondrifying
you were chondrifying
he/she/it was chondrifying
we were chondrifying
you were chondrifying
they were chondrifying

Past Perfect
I had chondrified
you had chondrified
he/she/it had chondrified
we had chondrified
you had chondrified
they had chondrified

Future
I will chondrify
you will chondrify
he/she/it will chondrify
we will chondrify
you will chondrify
they will chondrify

Future Perfect
I will have chondrified
you will have chondrified
he/she/it will have chondrified
we will have chondrified
you will have chondrified
they will have chondrified

Future Continuous
I will be chondrifying
you will be chondrifying
he/she/it will be chondrifying
we will be chondrifying
you will be chondrifying
they will be chondrifying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been chondrifying
you have been chondrifying
he/she/it has been chondrifying
we have been chondrifying
you have been chondrifying
they have been chondrifying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been chondrifying
you will have been chondrifying
he/she/it will have been chondrifying
we will have been chondrifying
you will have been chondrifying
they will have been chondrifying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been chondrifying
you had been chondrifying
he/she/it had been chondrifying
we had been chondrifying
you had been chondrifying
they had been chondrifying

Conditional
I would chondrify
you would chondrify
he/she/it would chondrify
we would chondrify
you would chondrify
they would chondrify

Past Conditional
I would have chondrified
you would have chondrified
he/she/it would have chondrified
we would have chondrified
you would have chondrified
they would have chondrified

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Verb

chondrify - turn into cartilage; "The tissue chondrifies"

change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"