carnify

verb (used with object), car·ni·fied, car·ni·fy·ing.

1. to form or turn into flesh.

verb (used without object), car·ni·fied, car·ni·fy·ing.

2. Pathology. to undergo carnification.

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

1. (intr) pathol (esp of lung tissue, as the result of pneumonia) to be altered so as to resemble skeletal muscle