Phys. and Zool. [n. of action f. CORNIFY: see -FICATION.] Production of horn; conversion into horny substance.
a. 1843. Southey, Doctor, cxxviii. 321. The habit of cornification.
1859. Todd, Cycl. Anat., V. 498/1. The outer [cells] undergo a more complete cornification.
1876. trans. Wagner’s Gen. Pathol., 258. Drying, cornification, shrivelling up of the fibrin.
