Definition of Cornified

1. a. Converted into horn; horny.

Definition of Cornified

1. Adjective. Converted into horn; horny. ¹

2. Adjective. Corny, or having been made corny. ¹

3. Verb. (past of cornify) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cornified

1. cornify [v] - See also: cornify

Medical Definition of Cornified

1. Having become horny. Synonym: cornified. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornified

cornicle
cornicles
cornicular
corniculars
corniculate
corniculate cartilage
corniculate tubercle
corniculopharyngeal ligament
corniculum
corniculum laryngis
cornier
corniest
cornific
cornification
cornifications
cornifies
corniform
cornify
cornifying
cornigerous
cornily
cornin
corniness
corninesses
corning
corniplume
corniplumes
cornist

Literary usage of Cornified

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)
"... becoming meanwhile cornified from before backwards, as can be recognized from their assuming a yellow tint when stained with picro-carmin. ..."

2. Lessons in Pathological Histology by Gustave Roussy, Ivan Bertrand (1922)
"... cornified frag- cytes. granules, center. ments. Plasma- Squamous cytes. cells. Spinous cells. Fig. 113.—Epithelial pearl in an epithelioma of the tongue ..."

3. Outlines of Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by John Sterling Kingsley (1917)
"In the cyclostomes they are cones of cornified epithelium covering an underlying core of the integument; they are differently arranged in the lampreys and ..."

4. A Text-book of Histology: Arranged Upon an Embryological Basis by Philipp Stöhr, Frederic Thomas Lewis (1913)
"The inner surface of Huxley's layer is covered by a membrane, the cuticula of the sheath, composed of non- nucleated cornified ..."

5. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"PATHOLOGIC CORNIFICATION The cells of the epidermis pass through certain characteristic changes before they become cornified. ..."

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