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corn (korn) a horny induration and thickening of the stratum corneum of the epidermis, caused by friction and pressure and forming a conical mass pointing down into the dermis, producing pain and irritation.

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hard corn  one usually located on the outside of the little toe or the upper surfaces of the other toes.

soft corn  one between the toes, kept softened by moisture, often leading to painful inflammation under the corn.

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corn (kôrn)

n.

A small conical callosity caused by pressure over a bony prominence, usually on a toe. Also called clavus, heloma.

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corn

1. a circumscribed hyperkeratosis of the footpad of dogs, sensitive to pressure.

2. a hematoma between the sensitive laminae and horn of the sole, usually between the frog and bar, in the hoof of the horse. It is painful on pressure and a cause of lameness.

3. in USA and elsewhere Zea mays, a member of the plant family Poaceae, grown as a cereal crop bearing seeds and used as a grain feed, green chop and ensilage. Used also for human consumption as meal or flour. The grain is deficient in most essential amino acids, especially lysine and tryptophan (high-lysine varieties are available), and in calcium and cannot be used as a complete ration in pigs. It may be fed whole, cracked, flaked, roasted, as dried or as high moisture corn (contains 25% moisture). Overeating of the grain by ruminants causes carbohydrate engorgement, and of moldy standing corn causes moldy corn poisoning. Called also maize.

4. in UK triticum aestivum is also called corn.

5. the name corn is also used with other cereals such as rye corn, barley corn.

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corn cob

see cob (2). Ground into a meal it is used as a roughage of very low nutritive value in ruminant diets. Of some value as a diluent in high grain diets.

corn cockle

agrostemmagithago.

corn oil

rich source of unsaturated fatty acids, particularly linoleic acid.

wild corn

see veratrumcalifornicum.

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corn Podiatry A small, hard, conical hyperkeratosis caused by friction and pressure; the corn's apex may rub against subcutaneous nerve fibers causing significant pain Types Hard, soft Management Paring with a scalpel blade, appropriate footwear, padding–eg, hammer toe splint or corn pads. See Hard corn, Soft corn.