chondrify

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
chondrify
    v 1: turn into cartilage; "The tissue chondrifies"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chondrify \Chon"dri*fy\, v. t. & i. [Gr. cho`ndros cartilage +
   -fy.]
   To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
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