cornify
English
editEtymology
editFrom corn + -ify, from Latin cornu (“horn”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcornify (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[1], 2nd edition, volume 1, 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.