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melanocytes

melanocytes is the plural of melanocyte.

Meaning of melanocyte

Noun

melanocyte (plural melanocytes)

  1. A cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin.
    • As previously stated, it is pigmented, this pigmentation depending upon the so-called melanocytes.1905, Willy Edward Alexander Wyman, Catechism of the Principles of Veterinary Surgery, page 06

Questions about melanocytes

What is melanocytes the plural of?
Melanocytes is the plural of melanocyte.

Words near melanocytes in the dictionary

  1. melanocratic
  2. melanocrocin
  3. melanocyte
  4. melanocyte-stimulating hormone
  5. melanocyte-stimulating hormones
  6. melanocytes
  7. melanocytic
  8. melanocytoma
  9. melanocytomas
  10. melanocytoses
  11. melanocytosis

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