melanocytes

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Definition of melanocytes in English English dictionary: Cells that transfer their products, melanosomes, to the epidermis Tyrosinase synthesis takes place in the melanocytes; Skin cells that produce a pigment called melanin; these cells can become cancerous and change into malignant melanoma; plural of melanocyte; Pigmented cells, which are found among the cells of the deepest layer of the epidermis, which synthesize melanin; the cells which produce the pigment melanin, found in the germinating layer of the epidermis; Cells in the skin that produce and contain the pigment called melanin; cells present in the epidermis that produce melanin (skin pigment); Specialized skin cells that produce the pigment melanin
melanocyte: A cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin
melanocyte: {i} pigment cell, cell which produces melanin (Biology)
melanocyte: A cell that produces melanin Back
melanocyte: Cell in the skin that produces and contains the pigment called melanin
melanocyte: Skin cell that is able to produce melanin and can be found in the basal layer of the epidermis
melanocyte: A skin cell that produces and stores the pigment melanin
melanocyte: a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone
melanocyte: n (meh-LAN-o-site) Type of cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin that gives skin its natural color Melanoma skin cancer occurs in the melanocytes

melanocytes

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[ m&-'la-n&-"sIt, 'me-l& ] (noun.) circa 1890. International Scientific Vocabulary.

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