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noun
Conversion into melanin, or an increase in the concentration of melanin within (a tissue or organism)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English melanize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English melanization From melanize + -ation.
