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neurokeratin (medicine) and hardware disease (medicine)


neurokeratin (medicine)


neurokeratin
<physiology> A substance, resembling keratin, present in nerve tissue, as in the sheath of the axis cylinder of medullated nerve fibres. Like keratin it resists the action of most chemical agents, and by decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and tyrosin.

Origin: Neuro- + keratin.

Source: Websters Dictionary


hardware disease (medicine)


Hardware disease -->
traumatic gastritis


A condition of cattle, caused by the penetration of the stomach wall, usually the reticulum, by any kind of sharp object (usually metallic) which has been swallowed.

Synonym: Hardware disease, traumatic reticuloperitonitis.