melanocyte

English

Etymology

melano- +‎ -cyte

Pronunciation

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Noun

melanocyte (plural melanocytes)

1. (medicine, biochemistry, cytology) A cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin.
   • 1905, Willy Edward Alexander Wyman, Catechism of the Principles of Veterinary Surgery, page 06:

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

Derived terms

• melanocyte-stimulating hormone
• melanocytic
• melanocytosis
• nevomelanocyte
• premelanocyte

 

Translations

pigment cell

• Catalan: melanòcit m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑素細胞／黑素细胞 (hēisù xìbāo)

• Finnish: melanosyytti (fi)
• German: Melanozyt (de) m
• Greek: μελανοκύτταρο (el) n (melanokýttaro)
• Hindi: असिताणु m (asitāṇu)
• Swedish: melanocyt (sv) c

Further reading

• melanocyte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia