cornificationn.
/kɔːnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ Physiology and Zoology.
Production of horn; conversion into horny substance.
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1837 R. Southey Doctor IV. 293 The habit of cornification.
1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 498/1 The outer [cells] undergo a more complete cornification.
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 258 Drying, cornification, shrivelling up of the fibrin.
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