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Definition of Melanotic
1. a. Melanistic.
Definition of Melanotic
1. Adjective. Relating to melanosis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Melanotic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Melanotic
1. 1. Pertaining to the presence, normal or pathologic, of melanin. 2. Relating to or characterised by melanosis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melanotic
Literary usage of Melanotic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1886)
"2) has undertaken to solve the question whether the pigment of melanotic tumors
comes directly from the coloring matter of the red blood-corpuscles, ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology: Designed for Students and by William Allen Pusey (1907)
"Primary melanotic sarcoma usually occurs as a single pigmented tumor. ... They are
usually followed by rapidly developing melanotic ..."
3. An introduction to pathology and morbid anatomy by Thomas Henry Green (1884)
"A melanotic Sarcoma of the Penis.—A. A thin section showing the general arrangement
of the elements, x 200. B. A section from the peripheral part of the ..."
4. Diseases of the Skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1916)
"Both clinically and histologically, the three conditions have many characteristics
in common. melanotic Sarcoma (Melanoma).—This is the most malignant of ..."
5. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin: For the Use of Students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1915)
"melanotic or Pigmented Carcinoma.—This is a rare and malignant form, ... In a
few instances, the disease is limited to single melanotic growths of this ..."