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melanosis

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mel=a=no=sis

CIDE DICTIONARY

melanosis,  [NL., fr. Gr. a growing black, fr. me`las, me`lanos, black.].
     The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumors.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

melanosis, n.
1 = MELANISM.
2 a disorder in the body's production of melanin.

Derivative
melanotic adj.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk (as MELANIN)

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