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KERATINIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they keratinize ... he / she / it keratinizes
Past simple: keratinized
Past participle: keratinized
-ing form: keratinizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become horny and impregnated with keratin
Synonyms:
keratinise; keratinize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "keratinize" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Verb group:
keratinise; keratinize (convert into keratin)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
keratinization (organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny (as in nails and hair))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Convert into keratin
Synonyms:
keratinise; keratinize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "keratinize" is one way to...):
convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)
Verb group:
keratinise; keratinize (become horny and impregnated with keratin)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Context examples:
It includes the following types: keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma, nonkeratinizing carcinoma (differentiated and undifferentiated), basaloid squamous cell carcinoma, and papillary adenocarcinoma.
(Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of a cystic structure that is lined by keratinizing epithelium and contains adnexal structures.
(Orbit Dermoid Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)
Most similar to FGF7, FGF10 is mitogenic in the lung and for keratinizing epidermal cells.
(Fibroblast Growth Factor 10, NCI Thesaurus)
A small spherical body composed of keratinized squamous epithelial cells arranged in a concentric pattern in the medullary portion of the thymus.
(Hassall's Corpuscle, NCI Thesaurus)
The Bd fungus infects the keratinized skin that amphibians develop when they mature and transition from water to land.
(Deadly fungal disease ‘caused greatest biodiversity loss ever recorded’, SciDev.Net)
A non-neoplastic lesion characterized by the proliferation of keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear that results in the accumulation of keratin and cells.
(Middle Ear Cholesteatoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A morphologic finding indicating the replacement of part of the glandular endometrial epithelium by nodular structures that contain non-keratinizing squamous cells.
(Morular Metaplasia of the Endometrium, NCI Thesaurus)
