Keratin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A tough, insoluble protein substance that is the chief structural constituent of hair, nails, horns, and hooves.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A protein which hair and nails are comprised of.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A sulfur-containing fibrous protein constituting the main structural protein of hard epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, nails, claws, hoofs, and the like. It is an insoluble substance, and, unlike elastin, is not dissolved even by gastric or pancreatic juice. By decomposition with sulphuric acid it yields leucine and tyrosine plus various other acid-stable amino acids. The amino acid composition varies, but it usually has a high percentage of cystine, which stabilizes and insolubilizes the protein by forming intrachain linkages. A softer form of keratin is present in the epidermis and whalebone. Called also epidermose.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as ceratin.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    albuminoid    scleroprotein   
    Variant
    epidermose   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Sheraton   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dermoid    wire-thin    mucoid    luteum    hairlike    sebaceous    myosin    green-gray    blanket-wrapped    fluid-filled   
     
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