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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
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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