SINCE 1828
keratohyalin
noun
ker·a·to·hy·a·lin
| \ -ˈhī-ə-lən
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variants:
also keratohyaline \ -lən
, -lēn
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, -lēn
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Medical Definition of keratohyalin
: a colorless translucent protein that occurs especially in granules of the stratum granulosum of the epidermis and stains deeply with hematoxylin
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