KERATOID Definition & Meaning

keratoid

[ker-uh-toid]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

resembling horn; horny.
resembling corneal tissue.

keratoid

/ ˈ��ɛ��əˌ��ɔɪ�� /

adjective

resembling horn; horny

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of keratoid¹

First recorded in 1870–75; from Greek ��ٴǱ𾱻�ḗs “hornlike, horn-shaped, pertaining to the external coat of the eye” (derivative of kerat- , inflectional stem of ��é�� “h�ǰ��”); kerat-, -oid

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Example Sentences

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The keratoid cancer is one which presents the horn-like transformation of its epidermoid cells.

From

The horn-like, keratoid, transformation of epidermoid cells in cutaneous cancers, the mucous degeneration of the epithelioid cells of cancers of mucous membranes, are sufficiently familiar.

From

keratogenous keratolysis

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