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melanin |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Melanin \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: melanin n : insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers
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