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keratinoid

keratinoid adjective: resembling, or composed of keratin.

Adjective

keratinoid (comparative more keratinoid, superlative most keratinoid)

  1. Resembling, or composed of keratin

Forms of keratinoid

comparativemore keratinoid
superlativemost keratinoid

Origin of keratinoid

From keratin + -oid.

Questions about keratinoid

What does keratinoid mean?
Keratinoid means resembling, or composed of keratin.
What part of speech is keratinoid?
Keratinoid is an adjective.

Words near keratinoid in the dictionary

  1. keratinizing
  2. keratinocyte
  3. keratinocytes
  4. keratinocytic
  5. keratinogenesis
  6. keratinoid
  7. keratinolysis
  8. keratinolytic
  9. keratinolytically
  10. keratinolytics
  11. keratinophage

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