Definition of Melanins

1. melanin [n] - See also: melanin

Medical Definition of Melanins

1. Pigments causing darkness in skin, hair, feathers, etc. They are irregular polymeric structures and are divided into three groups: allomelanins in the plant kingdom and eumelanins and phaeomelanins in the animal kingdom. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melanins

Melanesia
melange
melanges
melanian
melanian
melanic
melanic
melanics
melanidrosis
Melanie Klein
melaniferous
melaniline
melanin
melanin
melanins (current term)
melanins (current term)
melanise
melanism
melanism
melanisms
melanist
melanistic
melanists
melanite
melanite
melanites
melanitic
Melanitta
Melanitta nigra
melanization

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