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melanin

Melanin is a 7 letter word which starts with the letter M and ends with the letter N for which we found 1 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro) in the epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina (then called fuscin) in the outer layer of the choroid and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from the decomposition of hemoglobin.

Syllable Information

The word melanin is a 7 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for melanin is: mel-a-nin


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