Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Preferred term

Keratolytic Agents  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Agents that soften, separate, and cause desquamation of the cornified epithelium or horny layer of skin. They are used to expose mycelia of infecting fungi or to treat corns, warts, and certain other skin diseases.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Desquamating Agents
  • Skin-Peeling Agents

In other languages

  • French

  • Agents desquamants
  • Agents kératolytiques
  • Médicaments kératolytiques

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-M2SMNF4X-1

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/1/99, last modified 6/30/05