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keratotic

keratotic

1 9.5
Having skin that is thick, hard, and rough like a callus
  • adjective
  • /ˌkɛrəˈtɒtɪk/
  • Specialized
: queratósico
  • The doctor explained that the rash was keratotic, meaning it had developed a thickened layer of skin.

Examples

  • The hyperkeratosis often extends into the hair follicles, resulting in large keratotic follicular plugs.

    Academic text (2007)

  • He turns his hand, his puffy keratotic hand, long-fingered enough to hold a basketball from above, and scatters the pellets where the peacocks can eat them.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The patient was diagnosed with a keratotic lesion on his arm, which required further treatment to manage.

  • Having examined the biopsy, the dermatologist noted keratotic changes that indicated excessive keratin production.

Synonyms

keratinous
vskeratotic
  • Specialized
1 7.5

Made of the same hard material as hair and nails

relates to keratin presence in skin or tissue often showing excess

How Keratinized

hyperkeratosis
  • Specialized
1 9.3
keratotic
  • Specialized
1 9.5

Surface Forms

keratotic positive

Morphology

keratotic = keratin (semi-transparent) = keratin + otic

Formed from the medical base 'keratin' plus the specialized adjectival suffix '-otic' meaning 'relating to'; clear if the learner knows the medical base and suffix, but specialized vocabulary makes it less obvious to general learners.

Etymology

The word keratotic comes from the root kerat-, meaning 'horn', and is the same root in keratin, the hard protein in hair, nails, and animal horns. So a keratotic area of skin is one that has become hard, rough, or 'horn-like' because of extra keratin.