cornify

To convert or be converted into horn or a similar substance

Verb

  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. - 1985, Moschella & Hurley,...

Origin

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

Forms

cornifies cornifying cornified

Derived

cornification