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keratin
Any of a family of scleroproteins that form the primary constituents of epidermis, hair, nails, and horny tissues.
Included are the cytokeratins of epithelial tissue and the hard keratins of ectodermally derived structures; such as, hair and nails.
Because it is insoluble in gastric juice, keratin is sometimes used to coat pills designed to dissolve in the intestine.
Leather is almost pure keratin.
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cerato-, cerat-, kerato-, kerat-, ker-, kera-, kerat-
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(Greek: containing, or derived from keratin, a highly insoluble scleroprotein that is the main constituent of horny tissues, the nails, and the organic matrix of tooth enamel; derived from Greek kera[s], kerat[os], "horn")