Disease or Syndrome
keratosis Audio
ker·a·to·sis [ ker-uh-toh-sis ]
Subclass of:
Dermatologic disorders
Etymology:
Greek keras = horn + -osis = condition, implying increase
Definitions related to keratosis:
  • Any horny growth such as a wart or callus.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Excessive growth of keratin on the skin.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Overgrowth of the upper layer of the skin that is rough, scaly, or gritty in texture, such as a callus or wart.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Keratosis, any protuberance on the skin resulting from the overdevelopment of the horny outermost covering of the skin, or epidermis, the main constituent of which is the protein keratin, which is synthesized in special cells of the skin, the keratinocytes. More generally, keratosis is any skin...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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