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KERATOHYALIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does keratohyalin mean? 

KERATOHYALIN (noun)
  The noun KERATOHYALIN has 1 sense:

1. hyaline in the large granules of the stratum granulosumplay

  Familiarity information: KERATOHYALIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KERATOHYALIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hyaline in the large granules of the stratum granulosum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

hyalin; hyaline (a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions)


 Context examples 


Azelaic acid exerts its keratolytic and comedolytic effects by reducing the thickness of the stratum corneum and decreasing the number of keratohyalin granules by reducing the amount and distribution of filaggrin in epidermal layers.

(Azelaic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)



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