Keratinocyte

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cell in the epidermis that produces keratin; keratinocytes comprise 90% of the epidermis' cells.

    "Recently, activation of Wnt signaling has been reported efficient for intestinalization of human esophageal keratinocytes in vitro [20]."

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"Recently, activation of Wnt signaling has been reported efficient for intestinalization of human esophageal keratinocytes in vitro [20]."

Etymology

From keratin + -o- + -cyte.

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