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Melanaemia
- - A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles.
Melancholy
- adjective - a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
- a feeling of thoughtful sadness
- a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
- characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"
- depression
- grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"
- sadness
Melanerpes
- noun - a genus of Picidae
Melanesian
- adjective - of or relating to Melanesia or its people or culture
Melaniline
- - A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl guanidin.
Melanising
- verb - convert into, or infiltrate with melanin
- make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"
Melanistic
- - Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism.
Melanizing
- verb - convert into, or infiltrate with melanin
- make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"
Melanocyte
- noun - a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone
Melanomata
- noun - any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes