HyperDic: keratin

English > 1 sense of the word keratin:
NOUNsubstancekeratin, ceratina fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves
keratin > pronunciation
Soundskeh'rahtahn; keh'rahtihn
RhymesAachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...
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English > keratin: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves.
Synonymceratin
Broaderscleroprotein, albuminoidA simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye
Substance offeather, plume, plumageThe light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
hairA covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head)
hornThe material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails
Spanishceratina, keratina, queratina
Catalanceratina, queratina

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