Definition of Cornify

1. Verb. (chiefly medicine) To convert or be converted into horn or a similar substance ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cornify

1. to form keratin [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornify

corniculate
corniculate cartilage
corniculate tubercle
corniculopharyngeal ligament
corniculum
corniculum laryngis
cornier
corniest
cornific
cornification
cornifications
cornifies
corniform
cornify (current term)
cornifying
cornigerous
cornily
cornin
corniness
corninesses
corning
corniplume
corniplumes
cornist
cornists
cornland
cornlands
cornless

Literary usage of Cornify

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[< cornify : see -fij and -ation.] Production of horn; conversion into horn ; the process or result of becoming horny or corneous. — 2. ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology: Designed for Students and by William Allen Pusey (1917)
"Above the bulb they rapidly cornify and lose their cell structure. The outer cells of the internal root sheath cornify more rapidly than the cells of the ..."

3. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"... degeneration ensues and the cell- wall and the remaining protoplasm cornify and grow opaque, and the contents are rendered less recognizable. ..."

4. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"The gland cells contained in these fill the canal with mucus, but it does not cornify. The frequent formation of hairs by the anlagen of ..."

5. A Laboratory Text-book of Embryology by Charles Sedgwick Minot (1910)
"The elongated cells in later stages gradually cornify and fall out, so that the anlage becomes hollow, but its excavation proceeds very slowly, ..."

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