MELANO-

Meaning of MELANO- in English

melano- combining form BrE AmE ¦mel ə nə ʊ AmE -ə noʊ -ən ə

▷ — melanocyte ˈmel ə nə ʊ saɪt AmE -ə noʊ- -ə nə-

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MELANO- — combining form see: melan-
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MELANO- — I. — see melan- II. combining form Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: melan ian + -o- : Melanian and Melano- Papuan
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MELANO — ˈmeləˌnō noun ( -s ) Etymology: melan- : a melanistic individual — compare albino
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MELANO- — a combining form meaning "black," used in the formation of compound words: melanocyte. Also, esp. before a vowel, melan- . …
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MELANO- — see melan-
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MELAN- — or melano- combining form Etymology: Greek, from ~, melas; perhaps akin to Lithuanian mėlynas blue, Sanskrit malina dirty black ; …
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-RRHEA — noun combining form also -r·rhoea ˈrēə ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English -ria, from Late Latin -rrhoea, from Greek -rrhoia, …
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MELAN- — combining form or melano- also melam- Etymology: melan- from Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin, from Greek, from …
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-GEN — jə̇n, ˌjen noun combining form also -gene ˌjēn ( -s ) Etymology: French -gène, from Greek -genēs born, from root …
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MELANOTROPIN — /meuh lan'euh troh"pin, mel'euh neuh-/ , n. See MSH . [ MELANO- + -TROPE + -IN 2 ]
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MELANOSPERMOUS — /meuh lan'oh sperr"meuhs, mel'euh noh-/ , adj. having dark spores, as certain seaweeds. [ 1855-60; MELANO- + -SPERM + -OUS …
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MELANOSOME — /meuh lan"euh sohm', mel"euh neuh-/ , n. Cell Biol. an organelle in melanocytes that synthesizes and stores melanin. [ 1935-40; …
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MELANOPHORE — /meuh lan"euh fawr', -fohr', mel"euh neuh-/ , n. Biol. a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for …
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MELANODERM — /meuh lan"euh derrm', mel"euh neuh-/ , n. a person with dark pigmentation of the skin. [ 1920-25; MELANO- + -DERM …
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MELANOCYTE — /meuh lan"euh suyt', mel"euh neuh-/ , n. Cell Biol. a cell producing and containing melanin. [ 1885-90; MELANO- + -CYTE …
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MELANOBLAST — /meuh lan"euh blast', mel"euh neuh-/ , n. Biol. an undifferentiated cell that develops into a melanophore or melanocyte. [ 1900-05; …
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MELAN- — var. of melano- before a vowel: melanism.
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MELAN- — or melano- Etymology: Greek, from melan-, melas; perhaps akin to Lithuanian mėlynas blue, Sanskrit malina dirty 1. : black : …
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MELAN- — [melan-] or melano- comb form [ME, fr. MF, fr. LL, fr. Gk, fr. melan-, melas; perh. akin to Lith melynas …
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DARK — Synonyms and related words : Egyptian darkness, Erebus, Gothicism, Stygian, ableptical, abominable, abstruse, adiaphanous, age of ignorance, amaurotic, amoral, amorphous, …
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