Melanin

[MelĀ·a*nin]

Insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers

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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.

Noun
insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers


n.
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.


Melanin

Mel"a*nin , n. [Gr. , -, 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.

Melanism

Mel"a*nism , n. [Gr. , , black.] 1. An indue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism. 2. (Med.) A disease; black jaundice. See Melna.

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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