melanoticadj.
/ˌmɛləˈnɒtɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛləˈnɑdɪk/ 1. Pathology. Characteristic of or of the nature of melanosis; (now usually) containing or producing melanin.
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melanotic1829
encephaloid1846
Krukenberg1911
1829 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) III. 331 The melanotic deposit is formed in three distinct forms.
1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxx. 382 The melanotic patches are, no doubt, often of a different shade.
1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 981 All melanotic growths are sarcomatous.
1913 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 1 Feb. 341/1 (heading) Melanotic sarcomas resulting from irritation of pigmented nevi.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xv. 401 (caption) A melanotic growth invading the brain.
2000 Jrnl. Investigative Dermatol. 114 157 Two melanoma cell lines, one melanotic and one amelanotic.., when transfected with the tyrosinase cDNA, exhibited no alteration in its sensitivity to 4-tertiary butylphenol.
2. Zoology. Characterized by, exhibiting, or relating to melanism; melanic.
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gall-bitten1482
poor1539
melanistic1873
melanotic1874
lesioned1881
melanic1882
erythristic1910
osteofibrotic1938
1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 304 The same rufescent phase..is apparently analogous to the melanotic condition of many Hawks.
1897 Science 27 Aug. 310/2 The tendency of the bands to broaden and to coalesce..has produced almost melanotic forms in the group of Asterias of the Swallow-tails.
1958 J. E. Morton Molluscs ii. 47 In Helicidae the 1–5 black-banded pattern is frequent, typified by the melanotic banding of shells of Helicella and Cepaea.
1999 Ann. Trop. Med. & Parasitol. 93 767 (title) A non-lethal, autosomal, recessive, melanotic mutant of Anopheles minimus species A.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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