What part of speech is keratin?

Keratin can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. keratin is a noun, singular of keratins.

Inflections

Noun

What does keratin mean?

Definitions

Noun

keratin - a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves

Examples of keratin

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1. noun Keratin is one of a family of fibrous structural proteins known as scleroproteins.
2. noun Keratin is a fibrous protein produced by chordates. It may be found in hair, skin, claws, and wool.
3. noun Cats' tongues are covered in little hooks made of keratin.
Sentence  
noun
Keratin is one of a family of fibrous structural proteins known as scleroproteins.
Keratin is a fibrous protein produced by chordates. It may be found in hair, skin, claws, and wool.
Cats' tongues are covered in little hooks made of keratin.

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