chondrocyte differentiation involved in endochondral bone morphogenesis
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The process in which a chondroblast acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of a chondrocyte that will contribute to the development of a bone. A chondrocyte is a polymorphic cell that forms cartilage. [ GOC:dph GOC:tb GOC:ascb_2009 ]