cornify
English
Etymology
corn + -ify, from Latin cornu (“horn”)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɔː.nɪ.faɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹ.nɪ.faɪ/
Verb
cornify (third-person singular simple present cornifies, present participle cornifying, simple past and past participle cornified)
- (chiefly medicine) To convert or be converted into horn or a similar substance
- 1985, Moschella & Hurley, Dermatology, volume 1, 2nd ed. edition, page 51:
- 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.
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Derived terms
- cornification