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Cornify

//ˈkɔɹ.nɪ.faɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To convert or be converted into horn or a similar substance

    "No longer in contact with an inner root sheath, the isthmus epithelium cornifies without a granular zone, and the thin cornified layer is composed of compactly arranged cornified cells."

Etymology

From corn + -ify, from Latin cornu (“horn”).

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