keratan sulfate (English, noun)
expansion: keratan sulfate (countable and uncountable, plural keratan sulfates)
Senses:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several sulfated glycosaminoglycans that have been found especially in the cornea, cartilage, and bone, and act to absorb mechanical shock in joints.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: keratan sulfates
tags: plural