Keratin is one of a family of fibrous structural proteins known as scleroproteins.
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Keratin
//ˈkɛrətɪn//
Synonyms for "keratin" (2 found)
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42 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- كيراتين noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Bulgarian
1 entries- кератин noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Catalan
1 entries- queratina noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 角質 /角质 noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 角朊 noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
- 角蛋白 noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
- 角質 /角质 noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Czech
2 entries- keratin noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
- rohovina noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Danish
1 entries- keratin noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Dutch
1 entries- keratine noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Esperanto
1 entries- kerato noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Finnish
1 entries- keratiini noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
French
1 entries- kératine noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Galician
1 entries- queratina noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
German
3 entries- Hornstoff noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
- Hornsubstanz noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
- Keratin noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Icelandic
3 entries- hornefni noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
- hyrni noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
- keratín noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Ido
1 entries- keratino noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Irish
1 entries- ceiritin noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Italian
1 entries- cheratina noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Japanese
1 entries- ケラチン noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Khmer
1 entries- កេរ៉ាទីន noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Māori
1 entries- keratini noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- keratin noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- keratin noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Occitan
1 entries- queratina noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Persian
1 entries- کراتین noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Polish
1 entries- keratyna noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Portuguese
1 entries- queratina noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Romanian
1 entries- cheratină noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Russian
2 entries- керати́н noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
- рогово́е вещество́ noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Spanish
1 entries- queratina noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Swahili
1 entries- keratini noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Swedish
2 entries- hornämne noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
- keratin noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Turkish
1 entries- keratin noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Welsh
1 entries- ceratin noun (protein that hair and nails are made of)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Keratin is a fibrous protein produced by chordates. It may be found in hair, skin, claws, and wool.
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Cats' tongues are covered in little hooks made of keratin.
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Porcupines are covered in quills that are made of keratin (the same stuff that makes our hair and nails.) There are about 30,000 quills that cover a porcupine’s body!
Source: tatoeba (12197022)
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