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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: melanin (0.01929 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: melanin
melanin
n : insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin
and scales and feathers
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Melanin
Melanin
\Mel"a*nin\, n. [Gr. me`las, me`lanos, 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.
[1913 Webster]
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