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phaeomelanin

phaeomelanin is the alternative spelling of pheomelanin.

Meaning of pheomelanin

Noun

pheomelanin (countable and uncountable, plural pheomelanins)

  1. A brown pigment produced by melanocytes

Forms of phaeomelanin

pluralphaeomelanins

Questions about phaeomelanin

What is phaeomelanin the alternative spelling of?
Phaeomelanin is the alternative spelling of pheomelanin.

Words near phaeomelanin in the dictionary

  1. phaeodium
  2. phaeohyphomycoses
  3. phaeohyphomycosis
  4. phaeohyphomycotic
  5. phaeomelanic
  6. phaeomelanin
  7. phaeomelanins
  8. phaeomelanogenesis
  9. phaeomelanosome
  10. phaeomelanosomes
  11. phaeomyiid

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