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keratinolytic

keratinolytic adjective: relating to keratinolysis.

Adjective

keratinolytic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to keratinolysis

Noun

keratinolytic (plural keratinolytics)

  1. Synonym of keratolytic.
    • Treatment with emollients and mild keratinolytics, such as urea cream and lactic acid lotion resulted in the soothing of the affected skin.2016, Pollozhani Nora et al., “Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis: clue for diagnosis”, in Global Dermatology, volume 4, number 1, →DOI, page 1
    Synonyms:
    keratolytic

Synonyms of keratinolytic

Forms of keratinolytic

pluralkeratinolytics

Origin of keratinolytic

From keratin + -lytic.

Questions about keratinolytic

What does keratinolytic mean?
Keratinolytic means relating to keratinolysis.
What part of speech is keratinolytic?
Keratinolytic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near keratinolytic in the dictionary

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

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