CHONDRIFY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: chondrified

Present simple: I / you / we / they chondrify ... he / she / it chondrifies

Past simple: chondrified

Past participle: chondrified

-ing form: chondrifying

Meaning:

Turn into cartilage

Example:

The tissue chondrifies

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "chondrify" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

chondrin (a substance that resembles gelatin and is obtained by boiling cartilage in water)