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cor·ni·fi·ca·tion

 (kôr′nə-fĭ-kā′shən)
n.
The process by which squamous epithelial cells in vertebrate animals develop into tough protective layers or structures such as hair, hooves, and the outer layer of skin; the final stage of keratinization.

[Latin cornū, horn; see ker- in Indo-European roots + -fication.]
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cornification

(ˌkɔːnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən)
n
the process of producing a horn or horny substance
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cor•ni•fi•ca•tion

(ˌkɔr nə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən)

n.
the formation of a horny layer of skin, or horny skin structures, as hair, nails, or scales, from squamous epithelial cells.
[1835–45; corn2 + -i- + -fication]
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cornification

organic change into a hornlike form.
See also: Bones
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Ichthyoses describe a group of disorders of cornification in which the epidermis differentiates abnormally, leading to generalized scaling of the skin.
After the cornification process, the channels were dissolved and the alginate removed to leave a hollow network.
Papanicolaou stain however was able to show the various shades of orange, pink and blue associated with level of cornification. The presence of bacteria was also noticed clearly with the use of toluidine blue in the present study.
While Linhart and Dhungel (2013) identified the DBV to be rather isolated in the public discourse on "cornification" (9), our results show that this actor--as member of the broadly oriented pro coalition--managed to find several actors supporting its story lines in the debate on biofuels.
The absence or mutation of FoxN1 can cause hair shaft curl in the hair follicles due to cornification defects, which leads to the loss of its ability to penetrate the epidermis and form normal hair.
Collodion baby (congenital lamellar ichthyosis) is a cornification disorder that is clinically characterized by exfoliation in the skin and histopathologically characterized by hyperkeratosis.
Tobacco smoke contains various chemicals that interact with the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and aryl hydrocarbon receptors on keratinocytes, thereby inducing acanthosis, epithelial hyperplasia, and cornification. Fibroblasts and immune cells are also activated to release proinflammatory cytokines such as TNF-alpha, IL-1 alpha, IL-1 beta, and IL-8 (15).
Netherton syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder of cornification characterized by the triad of congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma/ichthyosis linearis circumflexa, trichorrhexis invaginata (bamboo hair), and an atopic diathesis.
Apoptotic cells die in a controlled and regulated fashion; therefore, apoptosis is distinct from other uncontrolled cell death processes, such as necrosis, necroptosis, autophagy, and cornification (9).
The criteria that were studied in histopathological sections consisted of hemorrhage, fibrin deposition, polymorphonuclear cell and mononuclear cell infiltration, reepithelialization, cornification of epithelium, fibroblast content, collagen content, revascularization, necrosis, presence of fibrocytes, maturation and organization of collagen, fibroblasts and blood vessels.