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Melanin

Melanin Meaning & Definition
Melanin Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Melanin?

[n] insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers

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See Also | animal pigment | cutis | feather | plumage | plume | skin | tegument

Melanin In Webster's Dictionary

\Mel"a*nin\, n. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black.] (Physiol.) A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina (then called {fuscin}), in the outer layer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from the decomposition of hemoglobin.

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