Part 6239

<h1>Keratode</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ker"a*tode</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Keratose</er>.</def>

<h1>Keratogenous</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ker`a*tog"e*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, horn + <ets>-genous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing horn; <as>as, the <ex>keratogenous</ex> membrane within the horny hoof of the horse</as>.</def>

<h1>Keratoidea</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ker`a*toi"de*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/, <?/, horn + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Keratosa</er>.</def>

<h1>Keratome</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ker"a*tome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ horn + <?/ to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An instrument for dividing the cornea in operations for cataract.</def>

<h1>Keratonyxis</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ker`a*to*nyx"is</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, horn + <?/ puncture.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass.</def>

<h1>Keratophyte</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ker"a*to*phyte</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, a horn + <?/ a plant.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A gorgonian coral having a horny axis.</def>

<h1>Keratosa</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ker`a*to"sa</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, a horn.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of sponges having a skeleton composed of hornlike fibers. It includes the commercial sponges.</def>

<h1>Keratose</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ker"a*tose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, horn.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also <altname>keratode</altname>.</def>

<h1>Keratose</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ker"a*tose`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose; belonging to the Keratosa.</def>

<h1>Keraunograph</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ke*rau"no*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ thunderbolt + <ets>graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ker`au-nog"ra-phy</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Kerb</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kerb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Curb</er>.</def>

<h1>Kerbstone</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Kerb"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Curbstone</er>.</def>

<h1>Kercher</h1> <Xpage=810>

<hw>Ker"cher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kerchief.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He became . . . white as a <b>kercher</b>. <i>Sir T. North.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Kerchered</h1> <Xpage=810>