melanosis

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melanosis

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From melan- + -osis.

noun melanoses

countable, uncountable The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumours.
countable, uncountable A pigmentation of tissue.
countable, uncountable Synonym of nigredo.
Similar: nigredo

Similar: black cancer

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noun morbid deposition of black matter

Русский	мелано́зис melanózis

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@misc{melanosis_2026,
  title = {melanosis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/melanosis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}