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hyperkeratinisation

hyperkeratinisation is the alternative form of hyperkeratinization.

Meaning of hyperkeratinization

Noun

hyperkeratinization (countable and uncountable, plural hyperkeratinizations)

  1. A disorder of the cells lining the inside of a hair follicle, where the normal desquamation process is interrupted by an excess of keratin, causing dead skin cells to bond together and cause blockage.

Forms of hyperkeratinisation

pluralhyperkeratinisations

Origin of hyperkeratinisation

From hyper- + keratinisation.

Questions about hyperkeratinisation

What is hyperkeratinisation the alternative form of?
Hyperkeratinisation is the alternative form of hyperkeratinization.

Words near hyperkeratinisation in the dictionary

  1. hyperkarst
  2. hyperkarstic
  3. hyperkatabolic
  4. hyperkatabolism
  5. hyperkatifeia
  6. hyperkeratinisation
  7. hyperkeratinisations
  8. hyperkeratinise
  9. hyperkeratinised
  10. hyperkeratinises
  11. hyperkeratinising

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