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melanosis


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Melanosis  \Mel`a*no"sis\,  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  a  growing  black,  fr 
  me`las,  -anos,  black.]  (Med.) 
  The  morbid  deposition  of  black  matter,  often  of  a  malignant 
  character,  causing  pigmented  tumors. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  melanosis 
  n  :  a  condition  characterized  by  abnormal  deposits  of  melanin 
  (especially  in  the  skin)  [syn:  {melanism}] 




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