cartilaginification

1. 1.

   abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues; observed in some Asians

   Broaderpathology

Other forms of cartilaginification

plural

cartilaginifications·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cartilaginification

What does cartilaginification mean?

cartilaginification means "abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues; observed in some Asians".

How many syllables are in cartilaginification?

cartilaginification has 9 syllables: car-ti-la-gi-ni-fi-ca-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

Is cartilaginification a common word?

cartilaginification is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.