Present participle of carnify; the process of transforming into or becoming flesh-like.
From 'carnify' with the present participle suffix '-ing,' creating the gerund or continuous form. This is a standard English verb form applied to the learned Latin-based root.
When doctors describe carnifying pneumonia, they're using a gerund that makes a disease sound almost active and living—the '-ing' suffix makes it dynamic, which matches what's actually happening in the lungs.
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