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Where does “keratosis” come from?

Keratosis comes from Ancient Greek -ωσις, a suffix from Ancient Greek -όω denoting a condition or process of becoming.

keratosis (English): The condition of having keratin growing on the...

Definitions

  1. The condition of having keratin growing on the...

Ancestry of “keratosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-osisfunctional disease or condition such as...
2New Latin-osisdative masculine plural of -ōsus; dative feminine...

Words derived from “keratosis”

  • hyperkeratosis
  • parakeratosis
  • dyskeratosis
  • porokeratosis
  • dyskerin
  • orthokeratosis
  • acrokeratosis
  • leukokeratosis
  • keratosic
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