Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
ceratinization .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the process in which
cells from beneath theskin areconverted tohair andnails (made ofkeratin )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny (as in nails and hair)
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Examples
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Circumcision results in a process called keratinization, whereby the top layer of the inner foreskin becomes thicker, which may provide additional protection for the underlying target immune cells.
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What it does for skin: Since it promotes normal keratinization the turnover of skin cells, it helps with conditions such as acne, eczema, and psoriasis.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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What it does for skin: Since it promotes normal keratinization the turnover of skin cells, it helps with conditions such as acne, eczema, and psoriasis.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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What it does for skin: Since it promotes normal keratinization the turnover of skin cells, it helps with conditions such as acne, eczema, and psoriasis.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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They suffer from drying-out, subtle lifelong abrasion (simple contact with clothes), and keratinization (a response that reduces the irritation of drying-out and abrasion, but also results in a reduction of nerve stimulation).
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It is certain that the nails, in order to have admitted such a large quantity of air into their interior must have altered in their intimate structure; and Giovannini suggests that they were subject to au abnormal process of keratinization.
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It is certain that the nails, in order to have admitted such a large quantity of air into their interior must have altered in their intimate structure; and Giovannini suggests that they were subject to an abnormal process of keratinization.
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Down regulation or loss of LEKTI is frequently observed in skin with altered desquamation, impaired keratinization and skin barrier defects.
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Boukamp P, Petrussevska RT, Breitkreutz D, Hornung J, Markham A, et al. (1988) Normal keratinization in a spontaneously immortalized aneuploid human keratinocyte cell line.
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Boukamp P, Petrussevska RT, Breitkreutz D, Hornung J, Markham A, et al. (1988) Normal keratinization in a spontaneously immortalized aneuploid human keratinocyte cell line.
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