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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

KERATOSE

Ker "a *tose `, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol. Chem. )

Defn: A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also keratode.

KERATOSE

KERATOSE Ker "a *tose `, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose; belonging to the Keratosa.

New American Oxford Dictionary

keratose

ker a tose |ˈkerəˌtōs ˈkɛrətoʊs | ▶adjective Zoology (of certain sponges ) composed of a horny substance. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek keras, kerat- ‘horn ’ + -ose 1 .

Oxford Dictionary

keratose

ker a tose |ˈkerəˌtōs ˈkɛrətoʊs | ▶adjective Zoology (of certain sponges ) composed of a horny substance. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek keras, kerat- ‘horn ’ + -ose 1 .

Duden Dictionary

Keratose

Ke ra to se Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Kerat o se |die Keratose; Genitiv: der Keratose, Plural: die Keratosen Verhornung besonders der Haut