melanocito

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /melanoˈθito/ [me.la.noˈθi.t̪o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /melanoˈsito/ [me.la.noˈsi.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: me‧la‧no‧ci‧to

Noun

melanocito m (plural melanocitos)

1. (cytology) melanocyte

Derived terms

• melanocítico

Related terms

• melanina
• melanoma

Further reading

• “melanocito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025