keratocyst /ker·a·to·cyst/ (ker´ah-to-sist) an odontogenic cyst lined with a layer of keratinized squamous epithelium and commonly associated with a primordial cyst.
keratocyst
keratocyst (ker´
tōsist),
keratocyst
[ker′ətōsist′]
a thin-walled, tooth-forming cyst lined by keratinizing epithelium. It may be solitary or part of a multiple lesion, most frequently in the posterior body or ramus of the mandible, and may or may not be associated with teeth.
keratocyst (ker´
tōsist),n a homified cyst.
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