Melanocyte

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin.

    "As previously stated, it is pigmented, this pigmentation depending upon the so-called melanocytes."

  2. 2
    a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone wordnet

Example

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"As previously stated, it is pigmented, this pigmentation depending upon the so-called melanocytes."

Etymology

From melano- + -cyte.

Related phrases

melanocyte-stimulating hormone

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