Definition of Cornification

1. n. Conversion into, or formation of, horn; a becoming like horn.

Definition of Cornification

1. Noun. Conversion into, or formation of, horn; a becoming like horn. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cornification

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cornification

1. Synonym: keratinization. Origin: L. Cornu, horn, + facio, to make (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornification

cornichons
cornicing
cornicle
cornicles
cornicular
corniculars
corniculate
corniculate cartilage
corniculate tubercle
corniculopharyngeal ligament
corniculum
corniculum laryngis
cornier
corniest
cornific
cornification (current term)
cornifications
cornifies
corniform
cornify
cornifying
cornigerous
cornily
cornin
corniness
corninesses
corning
corniplume

Literary usage of Cornification

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Diseases of the Skin by Hugo Ziemssen (1885)
"Tlie true cornification of the cells of the epidermis, however, affects only the outer layer of the cell, and consists in the formation of a ..."

2. Handbook of Diseases of the Skin by Hugo Ziemssen (1885)
"The irne cornification of the cells of the epidermis, however, affects only the outer ... cornification is a process which takes place in the epidermis, ..."

3. Practical Handbook of the Pathology of the Skin: An Introduction to the by John MacLeod Hendrie MacLeod (1903)
"Atrophy and Diminished cornification.—In all atrophie conditions of the skin the horny layer participates. In association with various general illnesses the ..."

4. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology: Designed for Students and by William Allen Pusey (1917)
"That the abstraction of oxygen from pathological cells causes their more rapid cornification may be true, and may well be the explanation of the action of ..."

5. General Pathology; from the 11th Rev. German Ed. by Ernst Ziegler, Douglas Symmers (1918)
"Further, there may occur disturbances in the process of cornification of t lie skin, so that certain pathological manifestations recognizable by the naked ..."

6. General pathology, or, The science of the causes, nature and course of the by Ernst Ziegler (1899)
"The cornification of the surface epithelium, over the entire surface of the ... This cornification takes place first at the periphery of the cells and in ..."

7. General Pathology by Ernst Ziegler (1908)
"The cornification of the surface epithelium over the entire skin is a ... This cornification takes place first at the periphery of the cells and in the ..."

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