English Explanatory Dictionary

keratohyalin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.

Word forms

keratohyalin keratohyalins

Etymology

From kerato- + hyalin.

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