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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mel•a•nism (mel′ə niz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - Physical Anthropology, Animal Behavior[Ethnol.]the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- [Zool.]the condition in which an unusually high concentration of melanin occurs in the skin, plumage, or pelage of an animal.
mel′a•nis′tic, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: melanism /ˈmɛləˌnɪzəm/ n - the condition in man and animals of having dark-coloured or black skin, feathers, etc. Industrial melanism is the occurrence of dark varieties of animals, esp moths, in smoke-blackened industrial regions, in which they are well camouflaged
- another name for melanosis
ˌmelaˈnistic adj mel•a•no•sis (mel′ə nō′sis),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]- Pathologyabnormal deposition or development of black or dark pigment in the tissues.
- Pathologya discoloration caused by this.
- Late Greek melánōsis a becoming black. See melan-, -osis
- Neo-Latin
- 1815–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: melanosis /ˌmɛləˈnəʊsɪs/, melanism /ˈmɛləˌnɪzəm/ n - a skin condition characterized by excessive deposits of melanin
melanotic /ˌmɛləˈnɒtɪk/ adj |