• (n.) The act or process of forming cartilage.
Car`ti·la·gin`i·fi·ca'tion noun [ Latin cartilago , -laginis , cartilage + facere to make.] The act or process of forming cartilage. Wright. 
[n] - abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues
noun abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues; observed in some Orientals