Melanocyte

(mel'-an-o-sit). Any wandering lymph-cell that has become discolored by the absorption of dark pigment-granules, elanoderma (mel-an-o-der'-mah), Melano derm i a (mel-an-o-der' -me-ah). Black pigmentation or discoloration of the skin. M., Parasitic. See Vagabonds Disease. elanogen (mel-an' '-o-jen). A material that becomes converted into melanin on the reception of the appropriate stimulus. elanoid (mel'-an-oid). I; resembling melanosis. blood. Mel anemia tion with leukemia. in a ocia- Melanoma (mel-an-o/ -mah). I. A disease marked by the development and growth of black or dark-colored tubercles within the ti ues of the viscera. 2. Any tumor containing or characterized by dark Melanomyces (mel-an-o-mi' '-sez). A black fungous growth.