melanosis
melanosis (mel-ă-noh-sis) n.
1. see melanism.
2. a disorder in the body's production of the pigment melanin.
3. cachexia associated with the spread of the skin cancer melanoma.
—melanotic adj.
1. see melanism.
2. a disorder in the body's production of the pigment melanin.
3. cachexia associated with the spread of the skin cancer melanoma.
—melanotic adj.
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