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Meaning of melanophagy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The loss (by "eating away") of melanin

uncountable

Examples

“Melanin-bearing keratinocytes are more in number⟳ in the epidermal type⟳; phagocytes with melanophagy in the papillary dermis characterize the dermal type⟳ of melasma.”
“Only some eye defects were reported, including iris synechiae, melanophagy in the iris or the ciliary body ...”
“In this study⟳, we showed that ursolic acid inhibits skin pigmentation by promoting melanosomal autophagy, or melanophagy, in melanocytes.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

melanophilin melanophlogite melanophobia melanophore melanophoroma melanopline

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