Definition of Cornifications

1. Noun. (plural of cornification) ¹

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Definition of Cornifications

1. cornification [n] - See also: cornification

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornifications

cornicing
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

Literary usage of Cornifications

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

1. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"Cornifications of this epidermis are lacking under ordinary conditions, ... At the time of sexual maturity cornifications increase greatly in most ..."

2. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"... scales are mainly cornifications of the epidermis. The great majority of fishes are more or less completely covered with scales of moderate size, ..."

3. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1902)
"The cornifications were at least potentially malignant; they were, therefore, thoroughly excised, and the dermal tissue repaired by skin-grafting. ..."

4. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1900)
"... pig and rabbit there is cartilagenous continuity at first, the whole axis being an un- segmented rod and rising by a series of cornifications ; this rod ..."

5. Elementary Text-book of Zoology by Carl Claus, Adam Sedgwick (1885)
"In addition, larger plates, which owe their origin to cornifications of the epidermis, are usually present. They are applied to the outer surface of both ..."

6. Secrets of Animal Life by John Arthur Thomson (1919)
"The plates of whalebone illustrate one of Nature's evolutionary methods, making the new out of the old, for they are exaggerations and cornifications of the ..."

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