keratin meaning
ENWKeratin
- Keratin (/ˈkɛrətɪn/) is a family of fibrous structural proteins. Keratin is the key structural material making up the outer layer of human skin.
- NounPLkeratinsPREker-SUF-in
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Since we considered the keratin in liquid water at ~ pH = 7, histidine was left unprotonated.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of keratin in English Dictionary
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- Morphemes
- Suffixes
- Words by suffix
- Words suffixed with -in
- Words suffixed with -in
- Words by suffix
- Suffixes
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Morphemes
- en keratins
- en keratinoid
- en keratinize
- en keratinise
- en keratinous
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "keratin" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.