Etymology

cytokeratin

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Today it means: Any of several forms of keratin found in the intracytoplasmic cytoskeleton of epithelial tissue. Full definition →

English keratin ← Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)
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  1. Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
  2. Englishcyto-
  3. Englishkeratin
  4. English todaycytokeratin

From cyto- + keratin.

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