melanotroph

Questions

What does melanotroph mean?

A cell in the pituitary gland that generates melanocyte-stimulating hormone from its precursor proopiomelanocortin.

Where does melanotroph come from?

From melano- + -troph.

How to pronounce melanotroph

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