| 释义 |
keratose, a. and n.|ˈkɛratəʊs|
[f. Gr. κερατ- horn + -ose.]
A. adj. Of a horny substance; applied to the texture of certain sponges.
1851–9Owen in Man. Sci. Enq. 365 They are divided..into horny or ‘keratose’, flinty or ‘siliceous’ and limey or ‘calcareous’ sponges.
B. n. A substance resembling horn forming part of the skeleton of certain sponges.
1865R. Patterson in Pop. Sci. Rev. Apr. 306 In the sponges in domestic use it [the skeleton] is principally composed of a substance termed Keratose. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. iii. 117 A skeleton, which consists..of bands and filaments of keratose, and secondly, of silicious spicula.
Hence ˈkeratosed a., rendered horny.
1894Lancet 3 Nov. 1025 The distinguishing mark between a coccidium and an invaginated or keratosed cell. |