keratogenous

American  

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

adjective

1. producing horn or a horny substance.

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keratogenous British  

/ ˌkɛrəˈtɒdʒɪnəs /

adjective

1. developing or causing the growth of horny tissue

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Etymology

Origin of keratogenous

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

Example Sentences

The seat of greatest congestion will always be found in the neighborhood of the toe, because of the increased vascularity of that part, and, although at times it is limited to the podophyllous tissue alone, any or all parts of the keratogenous membrane may be affected by the congestion and followed finally by inflammation.

From Project Gutenberg

THE KERATOGENOUS, OR HORN-PRODUCING MEMBRANE, is in reality an extension of the dermis of the digit.

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For purposes of description the keratogenous membrane is divided into three regions: 1.

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The altered character of the horn is accounted for by the inflammatory changes in the sensitive laminæ and the papillæ of the keratogenous membrane generally, for it follows as a matter of course that these tissues, themselves in a diseased condition, must naturally produce a horn of a greatly altered and inferior quality.

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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.

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