Keratohyalin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
  2. 2
    hyaline in the large granules of the stratum granulosum wordnet

Etymology

From kerato- + hyalin.

Related phrases

stratum granulosum

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