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keratic

keratic adjective: arising from the cornea.

Adjective

keratic (not comparable)

  1. Arising from the cornea.
    • He also told me that he could see, on the cornea of my right eye, two keratic precipitates.2005, Hugh Cook, Cancer Patient, →ISBN, page 50
    • The patient then developed an allograft reaction; keratic deposits were present on the posterior surface of the graft, and the aqueous humour in the pocket between the membrane and the graft showed a positive ray with cells.2009, CIBA Foundation Symposium, Corneal Graft Failure, →ISBN, page 11
    Synonyms:
    corneal
  2. rough and hard, especially as a result of keratinization.
    • Above the stratum lucidum is the horny or keratic layer in which the cells, reduced to simple dried laminae, form a collection of strata.1882, Victor Cornil, Louis Ranvier, Alice Marion Rowlands Hart, Manual of Pathological Histology, page 256
    • Keratinization of cells gradually increased and keratic pearls formed.1994, Dzhemal Sh. Beniashvili, Experimental Tumors in Monkeys, →ISBN, page 52
    Synonyms:
    horny, keratinous

Examples of keratic in a sentence

  • Oedema may be so extensive that the keratic precipitates are not appreciated.2012, A.K. Gupta, Clinical Ophthalmology, →ISBN:
  • The epidermal layer reacts to the production and adhesion of this keratic substance by descending along the artificial hair in a fashion that eventually encloses it.2013, Masumi Inaba, Yoshitaka Inaba, Androgenetic Alopecia, →ISBN:

Synonyms of keratic

Questions about keratic

What does keratic mean?
Keratic means arising from the cornea.
How do you use keratic in a sentence?
Oedema may be so extensive that the keratic precipitates are not appreciated.
What part of speech is keratic?
Keratic is an adjective.

Words near keratic in the dictionary

  1. kerateins
  2. keraterpetontid
  3. keraterpetontids
  4. kerathoacanthoma
  5. keratiasis
  6. keratic
  7. keratin
  8. keratinaceous
  9. keratinacious
  10. keratinase
  11. keratinases

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