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pheomelanin

pheomelanin noun: a brown pigment produced by melanocytes.

Noun

pheomelanin (countable and uncountable, plural pheomelanins)

  1. A brown pigment produced by melanocytes

Forms of pheomelanin

pluralpheomelanins
alternative formphaeomelanin

Origin of pheomelanin

From pheo- + melanin.

Questions about pheomelanin

What does pheomelanin mean?
Pheomelanin means a brown pigment produced by melanocytes.
What part of speech is pheomelanin?
Pheomelanin is a noun.
What is the plural of pheomelanin?
The plural of pheomelanin is pheomelanins.

Words near pheomelanin in the dictionary

  1. pheochromocytomatous
  2. pheochromocytomectomies
  3. pheochromocytomectomy
  4. pheochromytoma
  5. pheomelanic
  6. pheomelanin
  7. pheomelanins
  8. pheomelanogenesis
  9. pheomelanogenic
  10. pheomelanosome
  11. pheomelanosomes

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