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Definition of Cornifications
1. cornification [n] - See also: cornification
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornifications
Literary usage of Cornifications
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"Cornifications of this epidermis are lacking under ordinary conditions, ...
At the time of sexual maturity cornifications increase greatly in most ..."
2. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"... scales are mainly cornifications of the epidermis. The great majority of fishes
are more or less completely covered with scales of moderate size, ..."
3. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1902)
"The cornifications were at least potentially malignant; they were, therefore,
thoroughly excised, and the dermal tissue repaired by skin-grafting. ..."
4. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1900)
"... pig and rabbit there is cartilagenous continuity at first, the whole axis
being an un- segmented rod and rising by a series of cornifications ; this rod ..."
5. Elementary Text-book of Zoology by Carl Claus, Adam Sedgwick (1885)
"In addition, larger plates, which owe their origin to cornifications of the
epidermis, are usually present. They are applied to the outer surface of both ..."
6. Secrets of Animal Life by John Arthur Thomson (1919)
"The plates of whalebone illustrate one of Nature's evolutionary methods, making
the new out of the old, for they are exaggerations and cornifications of the ..."
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