keratohyalin

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keratohyalin ker·a·to·hy·a·lin (kěr'ə-tō-hī'ə-lĭn)
n.
A colorless translucent protein present in the granules of the granular layer of the epidermis.

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keratohyalin

noun
hyaline in the large granules of the stratum granulosum 
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