keratoid

[ker-uh-toid]

adjective

1. resembling horn; horny.

2. resembling corneal tissue.

keratoid

/ ˈkɛrəˌtɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling horn; horny

Word History and Origins

Origin of keratoid¹

First recorded in 1870–75; from Greek keratoeidḗs “hornlike, horn-shaped, pertaining to the external coat of the eye” (derivative of kerat- , inflectional stem of kéras “horn”); kerat-, -oid

Example Sentences

The keratoid cancer is one which presents the horn-like transformation of its epidermoid cells.

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The horn-like, keratoid, transformation of epidermoid cells in cutaneous cancers, the mucous degeneration of the epithelioid cells of cancers of mucous membranes, are sufficiently familiar.

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