keratoid

American

[ker-uh-toid] / ˈkɛr əˌtɔɪd /

adjective

resembling horn; horny.
resembling corneal tissue.

keratoid British

/ ˈkɛrəˌtɔɪd /

adjective

resembling horn; horny

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Etymology

Origin of keratoid

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

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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