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melanophage

melanophage noun: a phagocyte that engulfs melanin.

Noun

melanophage (plural melanophages)

  1. A phagocyte that engulfs melanin

Forms of melanophage

pluralmelanophages

Origin of melanophage

From melano- + -phage.

Questions about melanophage

What does melanophage mean?
Melanophage means a phagocyte that engulfs melanin.
What part of speech is melanophage?
Melanophage is a noun.
What is the plural of melanophage?
The plural of melanophage is melanophages.

Words near melanophage in the dictionary

  1. melanommataceous
  2. melanonid
  3. melanonids
  4. melanonychia
  5. melanonychias
  6. melanophage
  7. melanophages
  8. melanophagic
  9. melanophagosome
  10. melanophagosomes
  11. melanophagy

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