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noun
A cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, cytology, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: epidermal cell
History
From melano- + -cyte.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
