Having undergone transformation into cartilage; converted to or made into cartilage tissue.
Past participle of 'chondrify'; from Greek 'chondros' plus the verb-forming suffix '-ify,' meaning to make or become.
Your ears are mostly chondrified tissue—that's why they're flexible—while your bones are ossified, making them rigid; cartilage's flexibility comes from its unique collagen and matrix composition.
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