keratin
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Keratin, from Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -in.
Pronunciation
Noun
keratin (countable and uncountable, plural keratins)
- (biochemistry) The protein of which hair and nails are composed.
Derived terms
Translations
protein that hair and nails are made of
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “keratin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English keratin, from Ancient Greek κέρας + -in.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ke‧ra‧tin
Noun
keratin
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras) + -in.
Noun
keratin n (definite singular keratinet, indefinite plural keratin, definite plural keratina or keratinene)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras) + -in.
Noun
keratin n (definite singular keratinet, indefinite plural keratin, definite plural keratina)
References
- “keratin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
keratin n
- (biochemistry) keratin
- Synonym: hornämne
Declension
| Declension of keratin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | keratin | keratinet | — | — |
| Genitive | keratins | keratinets | — | — |