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Keratin

Keratin

See also: keratin

German

Noun

Keratin n

keratin (protein that hair and nails are made of)

Synonyms

Hornstoff
Hornsubstanz

keratin

keratin

See also: Keratin

English

Noun

keratin ‎(countable and uncountable, plural keratins)

(biochemistry) A protein which hair and nails are comprised of.

Translations

protein that hair and nails are made of

Catalan: queratina f
Danish: keratin
Dutch: keratine
Esperanto: kerato
Finnish: keratiini (fi)
French: kératine (fr) f
Galician: queratina f
German: Keratin (de), Hornstoff m, Hornsubstanz f
Icelandic: hyrni n, hornefni n, keratín n
Ido: keratino (io)
Irish: ceiritin

Italian: cheratina (it) f
Occitan: queratina
Persian: کراتین ‎(kerâtin)
Polish: keratyna (pl) f
Portuguese: queratina (pt)
Russian: керати́н (ru) m ‎(keratín), рогово́е вещество́ n ‎(rogovóje veščestvó)
Spanish: queratina f
Swedish: keratin (sv)
Turkish: keratin (tr)

References

“keratin” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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