keratinize

A verb used to describe the process by which cells become filled with keratin protein, typically forming a protective layer on the skin, hair, or nails.

• 🇵🇹Verbo usado para descrever o processo em que as células se enchem da proteína queratina, geralmente formando uma camada protetora na pele, nos cabelos ou nas unhas.

1. Convert into keratin C2 formal medical

   To transform cells or tissue into keratin, a fibrous protein that forms hair, nails, and the outer layer of skin.

   • The skin cells gradually keratinize as they move to the surface.
   • In some conditions, the body may keratinize tissue abnormally.
   • The process of healing causes the wound to keratinize over time.

   🇵🇹Queratinizar

2. Become horny and impregnated with keratin C2 formal medical

   To undergo a process where tissue becomes hardened and filled with keratin, often forming a protective layer.

   • The outer layer of the epidermis keratinizes to protect the body.
   • In reptiles, the scales keratinize to form a tough outer covering.
   • The nail bed keratinizes to produce the hard nail plate.

   🇵🇹Queratinizar-se