melanocyte
nounEtymology From melano- + -cyte.
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Cytology, Medicine, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin.
- As previously stated, it is pigmented, this pigmentation depending upon the so-called melanocytes.1905, Willy Edward Alexander Wyman, Catechism of the Principles of Veterinary Surgery, page 06:
- Derived terms
- melanocyte-stimulating hormone, melanocytic, melanocytosis, nevomelanocyte, premelanocyte