MELANOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does melanosis mean? 

• MELANOSIS (noun)
  The noun MELANOSIS has 1 sense:

1. a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)

  Familiarity information: MELANOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MELANOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

melanism; melanosis

Hypernyms ("melanosis" is a kind of...):

disease of the skin; skin disease; skin disorder (a disease affecting the skin)

 Context examples 

It may present as a diffuse proliferative leptomeningeal process (often as a component of the neurocutaneous melanosis complex) or as a distinct mass lesion.

(Central Nervous System Melanocytic Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Small circumscribed melanoses resembling, but differing histologically from, freckles.

(Lentigo, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)