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keratoid

[ ker-uh-toid ]

adjective

  1. resembling horn; horny.
  2. resembling corneal tissue.

keratoid

/ ˈ°ìÉ›°ùəˌ³Ùɔɪ»å /

adjective

  1. resembling horn; horny
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of keratoid1

First recorded in 1870–75; from Greek °ì±ð°ù²¹³Ù´Ç±ð¾±»åḗs “hornlike, horn-shaped, pertaining to the external coat of the eye†(derivative of kerat- , inflectional stem of °ìé°ù²¹²õ “h´Ç°ù²Ôâ€); kerat-, -oid
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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.

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

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