adj 1  :  characterized or darkened by melanins <a lesion>   2  :  relating to or occurring in melanosis < symptoms> 
n 1  :  a melanistic individual  2  :  a pigment (as one contributing esp. to the yellow color of the skin) that is a disintegration product of a melanin .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  mal·o·nate  mil·li·unit  My·lan·ta 
 
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