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Definition of Melanophores
1. melanophore [n] - See also: melanophore
Medical Definition of Melanophores
1. Pigment cells containing melanin. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melanophores
Literary usage of Melanophores
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Anatomical Memoirs by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1920)
"The epidermal melanophores. The epidermal melanophore, when in an ... The melanophores
of the epidermis are greatly reduced in number in the albino (figs. ..."
2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1920)
"Although fully agreeing that the melanophores and their processes remain fixed
and that their pigment undergoes migration, I am unable to see how any set of ..."
3. I. A Further Study of Variation in the Gopher-snakes of Western North by John Van Denburgh (1920)
"Although fully agreeing that the melanophores and their processes remain fixed
and that their pigment undergoes migration, I am unable to see how any set of ..."
4. A New Genus and Species of Grasshopper from California by Morgan Hebard (1920)
"Although fully agreeing that the melanophores and their processes remain fixed
and that their pigment undergoes migration, I am unable to see how any set of ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"Another feature which immediately attracts attention is the apparent absence of
the epidermal melanophores. Upon closer examination the faint outlines of a ..."
6. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"For investigating the effect of carbon dioxid and of oxygen on the cutaneous
melanophores, the legs of a frog were cut off immediately after death, ..."
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