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- English Word Keramics Definition Same as Ceramics.
- English Word Keramographic Definition Suitable to be written upon; capable of being written upon, as a slate; -- said especially of a certain kind of globe.
- English Word Kerana Definition A kind of long trumpet, used among the Persians.
- English Word Kerargyrite Definition See Cerargyrite.
- English Word Kerasin Definition A nitrogenous substance free from phosphorus, supposed to be present in the brain; a body closely related to cerebrin.
- English Word Kerasine Definition Resembling horn; horny; corneous.
- English Word Keratin Definition A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis of epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, and the like. It is an insoluble substance, and, unlike elastin, is not dissolved even by gastric or pancreatic juice. By decomposition with sulphuric acid it yields leucin and tyrosin, as does albumin. Called also epidermose.
- English Word Keratitis Definition Inflammation of the cornea.
- English Word Keratode Definition See Keratose.
- English Word Keratogenous Definition Producing horn; as, the keratogenous membrane within the horny hoof of the horse.
- English Word Keratoidea Definition Same as Keratosa.
- English Word Keratome Definition An instrument for dividing the cornea in operations for cataract.
- English Word Keratonyxis Definition The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass.
- English Word Keratophyte Definition A gorgonian coral having a horny axis.
- English Word Keratosa Definition An order of sponges having a skeleton composed of hornlike fibers. It includes the commercial sponges.
- English Word Keratose Definition Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose; belonging to the Keratosa.
- English Word Keratose Definition A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also keratode.
- English Word Keraunograph Definition A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
- English Word Kerb Definition See Curb.
- English Word Kerbstone Definition See Curbstone.