Melanization

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Conversion into melanin, or an increase in the concentration of melanin within (a tissue or organism)

    "the melanization of larvae"

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darkeningshadingsmirchsmudgesmut

Etymology

From melanize + -ation.

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