keratic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
rough and hard, especially as a result of keratinization.
Example Sentences
- "He also told me that he could see, on the cornea of my right eye, two keratic precipitates."
- "The patient then developed an allograft reaction; keratic deposits were present on the posterior surface of the graft, and the aqueous humour in the pocket between the membrane and the graft showed a positive ray with cells."
- "Oedema may be so extensive that the keratic precipitates are not appreciated."
- "Above the stratum lucidum is the horny or keratic layer in which the cells, reduced to simple dried laminae, form a collection of strata."
- "Keratinization of cells gradually increased and keratic pearls formed."
- "The epidermal layer reacts to the production and adhesion of this keratic substance by descending along the artificial hair in a fashion that eventually encloses it."