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- - kente
  - kentia palm
  - Kentish
  - Kentuckian
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  - kepi
  - kept
  - Keralite
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  - keratectomy
  - keratin
  - keratinize
  - keratinocyte
  - keratitis
  - kerato-
  - keratoplasty
  - keratosis
  - keratotomy
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  - kerb drill
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keratin

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
keratin /ˈkɛrətɪn/

▶noun any of a group of fibrous proteins forming the main structural constituent of hair, nails, feathers, hoofs, claws, and horns.

– derivatives
keratinous adjective.

– origin C19: from Gk keras, kerat- ‘horn’ + -in1.

'keratin' also found in these Oxford entries:

keratinize - keratinocyte - kerato- - scleroprotein - sclerotin

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