Meanings
- not comparablemedicineArising from the cornea.
Oedema may be so extensive that the keratic precipitates are not appreciated.
2012, A.K. Gupta, Clinical Ophthalmology, →ISBN2 more examples
He also told me that he could see, on the cornea of my right eye, two keratic precipitates.
2005, Hugh Cook, Cancer Patient, →ISBN, page 50The patient then developed an allograft reaction; keratic deposits were present on the posterior surface of the graft, and the aqueous humour in the pocket between the membrane and the graft showed a positive ray with cells.
2009, CIBA Foundation Symposium, Corneal Graft Failure, →ISBN, page 11Synonyms: corneal
- not comparablemedicinerough and hard, especially as a result of keratinization.
Keratinization of cells gradually increased and keratic pearls formed.
1994, Dzhemal Sh. Beniashvili, Experimental Tumors in Monkeys, →ISBN, page 522 more examples
Above the stratum lucidum is the horny or keratic layer in which the cells, reduced to simple dried laminae, form a collection of strata.
1882, Victor Cornil, Louis Ranvier, Alice Marion Rowlands Hart, Manual of Pathological Histology, page 256The epidermal layer reacts to the production and adhesion of this keratic substance by descending along the artificial hair in a fashion that eventually encloses it.
2013, Masumi Inaba, Yoshitaka Inaba, Androgenetic Alopecia, →ISBNSynonyms: horny, keratinous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveArising from the cornea.
adjectiverough and hard, especially as a result of keratinization.
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