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)

  1. (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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