Kerasin to Key
Kerasin
(Ker"a*sin) n. (Physiol. Chem.) A nitrogenous substance free from phosphorus, supposed to
be present in the brain; a body closely related to cerebrin.
Kerasine
(Ker"a*sine) a. [Gr. ke`ras horn.] Resembling horn; horny; corneous.
Keratin
(Ker"a*tin) n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn.] (Physiol. Chem.) 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.
Keratitis
(||Ker`a*ti"tis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the cornea.
Keratode
(Ker"a*tode) n. See Keratose.
Keratogenous
(Ker`a*tog"e*nous) a. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn + -genous.] Producing horn; as, the keratogenous
membrane within the horny hoof of the horse.
Keratoidea
(||Ker`a*toi"de*a) n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Same as Keratosa.
Keratome
(Ker"a*tome) n. [Gr. ke`ras, horn + to cut.] (Surg.) An instrument for dividing the cornea in
operations for cataract.
Keratonyxis
(||Ker`a*to*nyx"is) n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn + puncture.] (Med.) The operation of removing
a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass.
Keratophyte
(Ker"a*to*phyte) n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, a horn + a plant.] (Zoöl.) A gorgonian coral having
a horny axis.
Keratosa
(||Ker`a*to"sa) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras, -atos, a horn.] (Zoöl.) An order of sponges having a
skeleton composed of hornlike fibers. It includes the commercial sponges.
Keratose
(Ker"a*tose`) n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn.] (Physiol. Chem.) A tough, horny animal substance
entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; — called also keratode.
Keratose
(Ker"a*tose`), a. (Zoöl.) Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose; belonging to the Keratosa.
Keraunograph
(Ke*rau"no*graph) n. [Gr. thunderbolt + graph.] A figure or picture impressed by lightning
upon the human body or elsewhere. — Ker`au*nog"ra*phy n.
Kerb
(Kerb) n. See Curb.
Kerbstone
(Kerb"stone`) n. See Curbstone.
Kercher
(Ker"cher) n. A kerchief. [Obs.]
He became . . . white as a kercher.
Sir T. North. Kerchered
(Ker"chered) a. Covered, or bound round, with a kercher. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.
Kerchief
(Ker"chief) n.; pl. Kerchiefs [OE. coverchef, OF. cuevrechief, couvrechef, F. couvrechef, a
head covering, fr. couvrir to cover + OF. chief head, F. chef. See Cover, Chief, and cf. Curfew.]
