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Webster 1913 Edition


Eleidin

E-le′i-din

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Noun.
(Biol.)
Lifeless matter deposited in the form of minute granules within the protoplasm of living cells.

Definition 2024


eleidin

eleidin

English

Noun

eleidin (uncountable)

  1. (biology) A clear intracellular protein present in the stratum lucidum of the skin, a transformation product of keratohyalin.