"cornify" meaning in English

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        {
          "ref": "1985, Moschella & Hurley, Dermatology, 2nd edition, volume 1, page 51",
          "text": "No longer in contact with an inner root sheath, the isthmus epithelium cornifies without a granular zone, and the thin cornified layer is composed of compactly arranged cornified cells.",
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        "(chiefly medicine) To convert or be converted into horn or a similar substance"
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  "word": "cornify"
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