eleidin
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Related to eleidin: Filaggrin, hair bulb, keratohyalin, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, Desmosomes
eleidin
[el-e´ĭ-din]a substance, allied to keratin, found in the cells of the stratum lucidum of the skin.
e·le·i·din
(el-ē'ī-din),A refractile and weakly staining keratin present in the cells of the stratum lucidum of the palmar and plantar epidermis.
e·le·i·din
(ĕ-lē'i-din)A refractile and weakly staining keratin present in the cells of the stratum lucidum of the palmar and plantar epidermis.
e·le·i·din
(ĕ-lē'i-din)Refractile and weakly staining keratin in cells of the stratum lucidum of palmar and plantar epidermis.