melanization

Noun

Meaning

melanization (plural melanizations)

(biochemistry) Conversion into melanin, or an increase in the concentration of melanin within (a tissue or organism)
the melanization of larvae

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Related terms

demelanization

Close letter words and terms

Melanitta fusca Melanitta nigra Melanitta perspicillata melanize melanized melanizing