Chondrify (Verb)
Meaning
Turn into cartilage; "The tissue chondrifies".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- During embryonic development, the soft tissue in the nasal septum tends to chondrify and eventually form a larger segment of cartilage.
- The process of chondrifying involves the gradual replacement of connective tissue with a type of cartilage-producing cells.
- As the damaged bone healed, the granulation tissue slowly began to chondrify, initiating the formation of new cartilage.
- Inadequate oxygenation can slow down the process of the fibrous tissue chondrifying, thereby delaying cartilage repair.
- The first step towards fracture healing involves a significant amount of the periosteal tissue chondrifying to form a cartilaginous callus.