Past tense of carnify; transformed into flesh or flesh-like substance.
From Latin 'caro' (flesh) plus '-fy' (to make or become), creating a verb that was then conjugated with '-ed' for past tense. This is a learned term appearing mainly in medical or biological texts.
Carnified tissue looks flesh-colored and firm—doctors use this term because the visual description needed precision, and layering Latin roots let them create a technical term that other doctors immediately understood.
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