What does cornified mean?
Cornified means simple past and past participle of cornify.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
simple past and past participle of cornify.
The least cornified, young cells stain violet or blue, more mature cells mauve and the most cornified, old and dying cells stain red.
Epidermis on the palms and soles is thicker and more cornified than epidermis on other areas of the body because of frequent use and superficial trauma.
The filiform variety are less numerous in cats than in dogs but are more heavily cornified, with backward-pointing hooklike tips.
“Timberlake,” it wrote,” is the most cornified and harmless of pop stars […] ”
Use cornified when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cornified means simple past and past participle of cornify.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The least cornified, young cells stain violet or blue, more mature cells mauve and the most cornified, old and dying cells stain red.
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