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<h1>Melanic</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Me*lan"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, -<?/, black.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Melanotic.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the black-haired races.</def>

<i>Prichard.</i>

<h1>Melaniline</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Me*lan"i*line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also <altname>diphenyl guanidin</altname>.</def>

<h1>Melanin</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Mel"a*nin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, -<?/, black.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina (then called <altname>fuscin</altname>), in the outer layer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from the decomposition of hemoglobin.</def>

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<h1>Melanism</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"a*nism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, <ets><?/</ets>, black.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An indue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of <i>albinism</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease; black jaundice. See <er>Mel<?/na</er>.</def>

<h1>Melanistic</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel`a*nis"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism.</def>

<h1>Melanite</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"a*nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, black: cf. F. <ets>m\'82lanite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A black variety of garnet.</def>

<h1>Melanochroi</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel`a*noch"ro*i</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Melanochroic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A group of the human race, including the dark whites.</def>

<h1>Melanochroic</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel`a*no*chro"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/, <?/, black + <?/ color.]</ety> <def>Having a dark complexion; of or pertaining to the Melanochroi.</def>

<h1>Melanochroite</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel`a*no*chro"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Melanochroic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red color. It is a chromate of lead; -- called also <altname>ph\'d2nicocroite</altname>.</def>

<h1>Melanocomous</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel`a*noc"o*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, black + <?/ hair.]</ety> <def>Having very dark or black hair; black-haired.</def>

<i>Prichard.</i>

<h1>Melanorrh\'d2a</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel`a*nor*rh\'d2"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, black + <?/ to flow.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An East Indian genus of large trees. <spn>Melanorrh&oe;a usitatissima</spn> is the lignum-vit\'91 of Peru, and yelds a valuable black varnish.</def> <-- #"Peru" in original was "Pegu" -- must be an error, so changed here. -->