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Definition of Corneum
1. Noun. The outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off.
Group relationships: Cuticle, Epidermis
Generic synonyms: Stratum
Medical Definition of Corneum
1. See: stratum corneum epidermidis, stratum corneum unguis. Origin: L., ntr. Of corneus, horny, fr. Cornu, horn (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corneum
Literary usage of Corneum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"Using techniques based on sequential analysis of the layers of the stratum corneum
by tape stripping (87), we were able to analyze the biologic effects of ..."
2. Practical Handbook of the Pathology of the Skin: An Introduction to the by John MacLeod Hendrie MacLeod (1903)
"By hyperkeratosis is meant an excessive growth or true hypertrophy of the stratum
corneum in which the layer may be simply thickened by an increase in the ..."
3. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1908)
"8) much localised thickening of the stratum corneum, an increase in the thickness
of the rete with a very much broader granular zone (five or six cells ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin: For the Use of Students and by James Nevins Hyde, Frank Hugh Montgomery (1897)
"... occurring in connective tissue, papilla?, stratum corneum, and blood-vessels.
In well-marked rases of ichthyosis hystrix the elongated ..."
5. The Clinical Journal (1904)
"On microscopic examination it is at once seen it the stratum corneum (Figs, 1,
2, 3, etc.) ; while the vertical striations represent columns of cells ..."
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