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CERATIN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves

Synonyms:

ceratin; keratin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ceratin" is a kind of...):

albuminoid; scleroprotein (a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye)

Holonyms ("ceratin" is a substance of...):

feather; plumage; plume (the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds)

hair (a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss)

horn (the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails)

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