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keratogenous

American  
[ker-uh-toj-uh-nuhs] / ˌkɛr əˈtɒdʒ ə nəs /

adjective

  1. producing horn or a horny substance.


keratogenous British  
/ ˌkɛrəˈtɒdʒɪnəs /

adjective

  1. developing or causing the growth of horny tissue

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of keratogenous

First recorded in 1885–90; kerato- + -genous

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Where the lameness is but slight, we may attribute it almost solely to the pain occasioned by the mere wounding of the keratogenous membrane, and to no very extensive inflammatory changes therein.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

Here the keratogenous membrane participates in the diseased process, and their horn becomes dry and brittle, and readily splits into small fibrous bundles very similar to the fibroid growth described in canker.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

Into this, which, of course, is but a form of sand-crack, gravel and dirt penetrate, and so set up inflammatory changes in the keratogenous membrane.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

It will here be seen that the injury to the keratogenous membrane has led to great interference with the secretion of horn from the sensitive laminæ.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

The superficial layer of the keratogenous membrane in which we have judged the disease to exist is, after all, but a delicate structure.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

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