Catalan Meaning of keratin
queratina
Other Catalan words related to queratina
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
Nearest Words of keratin
- keratinisation => Queratinització
- keratinise => Queratinitzar
- keratinization => queratinització
- keratinize => queratinitzar
- keratitis => Queratitis
- keratoacanthoma => Queratoacantoma
- keratocele => Queratocele
- keratoconjunctivitis => Queratoconjuntivitis
- keratoconus => Queratocon
- keratode => Queratode
Definitions and Meaning of keratin in English
keratin (n)
a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves
keratin (n.)
A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis of epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, and the like. It is an insoluble substance, and, unlike elastin, is not dissolved even by gastric or pancreatic juice. By decomposition with sulphuric acid it yields leucin and tyrosin, as does albumin. Called also epidermose.
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queratina
a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hoovesA nitrogenous substance, or mix
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
keratectasia => Queratectàsia, keratalgia => Queratàlgia, kerasine => querosè, kerasin => Keresina, kerargyrite => Cerargirita,
