[So in mod.Fr.: f. L. cartilāgini- stem of cartilāgo cartilage; see -FICATION. Cf. ossification.] The formation of or conversion into cartilage.
1842. E. Wilson, Anat. Vade M., 5. The semi-opaque jelly becomes dense, transparent, and homogeneous, the change … constituting cartilaginification.
1847–9. Todd, Cycl. Anat., IV. 131/1. Some alterations of texture … (the so-called cartilaginification and ossification).
