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Definition of Keratinization
1. Noun. Organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny (as in nails and hair).
Generic synonyms: Biological Process, Organic Process
Derivative terms: Keratinise, Keratinize
Definition of Keratinization
1. Noun. the process in which cells from beneath the skin are converted to hair and nails (made of keratin) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Keratinization
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Keratinization
1. Keratin formation or development of a horny layer; may also apply to premature formation of keratin. Synonym: cornification, hornification. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keratinization
Literary usage of Keratinization
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of histology by Henry Erdmann Radasch (1918)
"In lower animals the keratinization of the epithelium of the tongue and ...
This process of keratinization is a chemical change and is accompanied by ..."
2. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1922)
"Irritation in the bladder from a stone will produce an area of keratinization or
leukoplakia for protective purposes just as the constant handling of an ax ..."
3. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"In thi- respect the process of keratinization is unusual, and contrary to the
belief of many observers that cornification is impossible without the ..."
4. The Cancer Problem by William Seaman Bainbridge (1914)
"Six tumors were propagated which showed keratinization as the typical ... A third,
in which keratinization was combined with the formation of sebaceous ..."
5. Journal of Cutaneous Diseases Including Syphilis by American Dermatological Association (1913)
"Then ichthyol, by its reductant power in combining with the oxygen of the epidermis
and causing at once increased keratinization of the latter, ..."
6. Smokeless Tobacco Or Health: An International Perspective by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"... characterized by increased epithelial thickness and keratinization, with nuclei
remaining in most of the surface epithelial cells; ..."
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