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MELANOSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does melanosis mean?
• MELANOSIS (noun)
The noun MELANOSIS has 1 sense:
1. a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)
Familiarity information: MELANOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
melanism; melanosis
Hypernyms ("melanosis" is a kind of...):
disease of the skin; skin disease; skin disorder (a disease affecting the skin)
Context examples
It may present as a diffuse proliferative leptomeningeal process (often as a component of the neurocutaneous melanosis complex) or as a distinct mass lesion.
(Central Nervous System Melanocytic Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Small circumscribed melanoses resembling, but differing histologically from, freckles.
(Lentigo, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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