Medical Dictionary
melanize
vt mel·a·nize
mel·a·nized or chiefly British mel·a·nisedmel·a·niz·ing or chiefly British mel·a·nis·ing
Medical Definition of MELANIZE
: to convert into or infiltrate with melanin <melanized cell granules>
—mel·a·ni·za·tion or chiefly British mel·a·ni·sa·tion \ˌmel-ə-nə-ˈzā-shən\ noun
Variants of MELANIZE
mel·a·nize or chiefly British mel·a·nise \ˈmel-ə-ˌnīz\
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