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melanization|mɛlənaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. melanize v. + -ation.]
The process or result of becoming melanized.
1945W. M. Krogman in R. Linton Sci. Man in World Crisis 47 A possible exception may be found in the ‘protective’ melanization or skin coloring of tropic-dwelling peoples. 1954Sci. News XXXIV. 94 The pink and brown colour of insectorubin is completely obscured by the melanization of the outer cuticle. 1974Nature 10 May 187/1 The epidermal cells..showed progressive granulation and melanisation. |