melanosome

melanosome
The generally oval pigment granule (0.2 by 0.6 μm) produced by melanocytes. SYN: eumelanosome. [melano- + G. soma, body]
- giant m. a large spherical m. (1 to 6 μ in diameter) formed in the cytoplasm of melanocytes in café-au-lait spots and other melanocytic disorders. SYN: macromelanosome.

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me·la·no·some mə-'lan-ə-.sōm, 'mel-ə-nō- n a melanin-producing granule in a melanocyte

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mel·a·no·some (melґə-no-sōm″) [melano- + -some] any of the granules within the melanocytes that contain tyrosinase and synthesize melanin, and can be transferred from the melanocytes to keratinocytes.

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