cornify

cornify
cornify [kôr′nə fī΄]
vt.
cornified, cornifying
cornification
n.
cornified
adj.

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cor·ni·fy (kôrʹnə-fī') intr.v. cor·ni·fied, cor·ni·fy·ing, cor·ni·fies
To undergo cornification.

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