MELANIN
\mˈɛlɐnˌɪn], \mˈɛlɐnˌɪn], \m_ˈɛ_l_ɐ_n_ˌɪ_n]\
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Pigments causing darkness in skin, hair, feathers, etc. They are irregular polymeric structures and are divided into three groups: allomelanins in the plant kingdom and eumelanins and phaeomelanins in the animal kingdom.
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Nitrogenous black pigment in epithelium, choroid, etc.
By William R. Warner
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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