cornify

verb

cornify

verb

UK /ˈkɔː.nɪ.faɪ/ · US /ˈkɔɹ.nɪ.faɪ/

Etymology From corn + -ify, from Latin cornu (“horn”).

1

Medicine, Sciences To convert or be converted into horn or a similar substance

No longer in contact with an inner root sheath, the isthmus epithelium cornifies without a granular zone, and the thin cornified layer is composed of compactly arranged cornified cells.1985, Moschella & Hurley, Dermatology, 2nd edition, volume 1, page 51:

Derived terms: cornification

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