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melanin

/mel-uh-nin/US // ˈmɛl ə nɪn //UK // (ˈmɛlənɪn) //

黑色素,黑素

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of a class of insoluble pigments, found in all forms of animal life, that account for the dark color of skin, hair, fur, scales, feathers, etc.

Examples

  • Yes, melanin is amazing, but it is not enough to prevent damage.

  • You deserve to see someone who cares for your individual needs, which may be different if you have a little, or a lot of melanin in your skin.

  • While darker skin contains more melanin than lighter skin to help protect from sun damage, enough sun exposure can still cause skin damage and skin cancer.

  • By using the drug to change how much melanin skin cells produce, Michael hopes to help people who suffer scarring from injuries or acne.

  • He used a database to see if genes for melanin — DNA instructions for making proteins — changed in response to his drug.

  • Attitudes within the party were essentially unchanged; they just put new faces on an old, melanin-deprived product.

  • But the world wants to define me by my mammary glands and melanin.

  • Incidentally, these hormones also produce more melanin pigments when the skin is exposed to the sun.

  • If anybody without enough melanin says it, it's a horrible thing; but when black people say it, it's affectionate.

  • If anybody without enough melanin says it, it's a horrible thing.

  • As the parasite feeds and grows there is deposited within its body a blackish or brownish pigment known as melanin.

  • On closer examinations he found that each of these nodules contained a few granules of the coal-black melanin of malarial fever.

  • The colour varies from brown to black, according to the amount of melanin pigment present.

  • These are generally called melanin granules, but are much better referred to as hmozoin, as they are not related to melanin.

  • The black pigment of the cells of melanotic tumors, also called melanin, is not to be directly traced to the hmoglobin.