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melanosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
melanosis
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumours.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A pigmentation of tissue.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of nigredo.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From melano- + -osis.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

melanoses (plural)

Derived Forms

fibromelanosis hepatomelanosis

Frequently Paired Words

hypermelanosis melanose melanotic

Synonyms

nigredo black cancer melanism

Questions

What does melanosis mean?
The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumours.
Where does melanosis come from?
From melano- + -osis.

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