Meaning of melanated | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Containing melanin.
   not-comparable
2. Belonging or relating to black people.
   broadly, not-comparable

Examples

“He suggested that upon penetration, or shortly afterwards, a parasite may supply the necessary missing substance for the completion of this reaction with the result that the characteristic melanated cysts appear.”

“In the only black-spot Neascus which has been studied experimentally, the metacercaria is fully developed by the time the cyst becomes melanated.”

“Melanated and non-melanated tissues were quantitatively assayed for selective absorption of labelled tyrosine and/ or its derivatives.”

“It was first created during colonial times, and it is still being created today, in its postcolonial forms, by those who rely on visible phenotypical variables, such as melanated skin or "foreign" speech behavior as segregating variables that help them to secure "white" racial ascendancy. Today, Euro-Americans no longer sustain an absolute monopoly over such resources, but their gatekeeper functions still determine the visibly melanated people who will also get to share these resources.”

“The Yucatan mini-pig skin is melanated and, on the flank, is of similar thickness to that on the human arm, which has high probability of accidental exposure.”

“For some reason, in talking about people of color and our skin, I blurted out how we are very “melanated,” pertaining to the amounts of melanin in our skin. I am not really sure how the word came to my mind because it is not an actual word, but it stuck with me.”

“The elementary school i went to was in a small typically german suburb with me being one of the five girls of color in the entire school (next to my younger ((way lighter)) sister, two adopted darker melanated sisters from brazil and my best friend who grew to become my sister, a vietnamese girl).”

“Melanated brothers and sisters, no fiction, we’re turning into victims or a Cold Case.”

“They say all the right things, post the right hashtags, and are skilled at “amplifying melanated voices” on public platforms when the cultural moment demands it.”

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