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Definitions of keratin
  1. noun
    a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves

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Definition that contains keratin
  • horn the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails
  • unguis any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin
  • keratinise become horny and impregnated with keratin
  • horny structure any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin
  • keratinization organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny (as in nails and hair)
  • keratinize convert into keratin
  • keratinisation organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny (as in nails and hair)
  • keratinize become horny and impregnated with keratin
  • keratinise convert into keratin
  • cystine a crystalline amino acid found in proteins (especially keratin); discovered in bladder stones
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