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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
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. ..."