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me·thox·sa·len

n :  a drug C12H8O4 used to increase the production of melanin in the skin upon exposure to ultraviolet light and in the treatment of vitiligo - called also 8-methoxypsoralen , xanthotoxin  - see MELOXINE  .
 
 

 
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