melanosome
/ˈmɛlənə(ʊ)səʊm/ /mɪˈlanəsəʊm/Physiology
noun
An organelle of melanocytes in which melanin is synthesized and stored.
Origin
1960s. From melano- + -some.
- palagonite
- palagonite tuff
- palagonitic
- palagonitisation
- palagonitised
- palagonitization
- palagonitized
- Palaic
- Palaiologan
- Palaiologian
- palais
- palais de danse
- Palais de Justice
- Palais de l'Elysée
- palais glide
- Aegipan
- aegirine
- aegirite
- aegis
- Aegisthus
- aegithognathism
- aegithognathous
- aegophonic
- aegophony
- aegrotat