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Webster 1913 Edition
Keratose
Ker′a-toseˊ
,Noun.
[Gr.
κέρας
, -ατος
, horn.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; – called also
keratode
. Ker′a-toseˊ
,Adj.
(Zool.)
Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose; belonging to the Keratosa.