keroid
English
noun
Definitions
- (medicine) A thick overgrowth of tissue on severe burns.
- (medicine) Thick horn-like scar tissue.
- A kerosene dispersion of carbon black for spraying tires before vulcanization to obtain high gloss and to facilitate removal from the mold.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek κέρας (horn).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κέρας
Gloss
horn
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
角
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kerato- English
- procerite English
- aceratus Latin
- cerato- Latin
- mosaicus Latin
- Keratin German
- αἰγόκερας Ancient Greek
- βούκερας Ancient Greek
- κέρας Ancient Greek
- κεράστης Ancient Greek
- κεράτινος Ancient Greek
- ῥινόκερως Ancient Greek
- *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- keratin Norwegian Bokmål
- keratin Norwegian Nynorsk
- यम Sanskrit
- توران Persian
- Giresun Turkish
- Liaoceratops Chinese
- Zhuchengceratops Chinese
- ye huehcāuh Classical Nahuatl
- бага Mongolian
- баян Mongolian
- ᠯᠠᠮᠠ Mongolian
- koʻl Uzbek
- tȟatȟáŋka Lakota