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keratinise

keratinise is the alternative form of keratinize.

Meaning of keratinize

Verb

keratinize (third-person singular simple present keratinizes, present participle keratinizing, simple past and past participle keratinized)

  1. (transitive) To convert into keratin.
  2. (intransitive) To take on the appearance of keratin, or become impregnated with keratin.

Forms of keratinise

third-person singular presentkeratinises
present participlekeratinising
past participlekeratinised
pastkeratinised

Origin of keratinise

From keratin + -ise.

Words formed from keratinise

Questions about keratinise

What is keratinise the alternative form of?
Keratinise is the alternative form of keratinize.

Words near keratinise in the dictionary

  1. keratinases
  2. keratineous
  3. keratinic
  4. keratinisation
  5. keratinisations
  6. keratinise
  7. keratinised
  8. keratinises
  9. keratinising
  10. keratinization
  11. keratinizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: keratinise (page history and authors); keratinize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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