macromelanosome

macromelanosome
SYN: giant melanosome.

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mac·ro·mel·a·no·some (mak″ro-melґə-no-sōm″) a large, spherical melanosome, from one to several μm in diameter, formed in the cytoplasm in disorders affecting melanocytes; called also melanin macroglobule.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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