• The keratin-producing cell of the epidermis that forms in the deep basal layer of the stratified epithelium.
  CDISC Terminology
  Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
• The keratin-producing cells of the epidermis. They are the predominant cells of the epidermis that form in the deep basal layer of the stratified epithelium of the epidermis. They gradually migrate upward to the cornified layer of the epidermis undergoing characteristic changes.
  NCI
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Vertebrate, epidermal cell of ectodermal origin.
  CRISP Thesaurus
  National Institutes of Health, 2006
• Cells of the epidermis that produce a tough protein called keratin and form a soft, protective sheet for the body.
  Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
  Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
• Epidermal cells which synthesize keratin and undergo characteristic changes as they move upward from the basal layers of the epidermis to the cornified (horny) layer of the skin. Successive stages of differentiation of the keratinocytes forming the epidermal layers are basal cell, spinous or prickle cell, and the granular cell.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025