v. [f. Gr. χόνδρος cartilage + -FY. (L. type *chondrificāre.)] trans. To turn into cartilage.
1873. Mivart, Elem. Anat., 194. In him [man] the internal tendon is neither ossified nor chondrified.
1882. W. K. Parker, in Trans. Linn. Soc., II. III. 166. The floor also is slightly chondrified backwards from the internasal plate.