keratinocyte

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English keratin

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der.

Latin cytader.

English -cyte

English keratinocyte

From keratin + -o- + -cyte.

Noun

keratinocyte (plural keratinocytes)

1. (biology) A cell in the epidermis that produces keratin; keratinocytes comprise 90% of the epidermis' cells.
   • 2015 August 18, Orestis Lyros et al., “Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Activation beyond Robust Nuclear β-Catenin Accumulation in Nondysplastic Barrett’s Esophagus: Regulation via Dickkopf-112”, in Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.)‎^[1], volume 17, →DOI:

     Recently, activation of Wnt signaling has been reported efficient for intestinalization of human esophageal keratinocytes in vitro [20].

Derived terms

• interkeratinocyte
• lipokeratinocyte

Related terms

• keratinocytic

Anagrams

• cytokeratine