MELANOSIS
\mˌɛlɐnˈə͡ʊsɪs], \mˌɛlɐnˈəʊsɪs], \m_ˌɛ_l_ɐ_n_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\
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Disorders of increased melanin pigmentation that develop without preceding inflammatory disease.
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By William R. Warner
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An organic affection, in which the tissue of the parts is converted, owing to a melan'ic deposit, into a black, hard, homogenous substance, near which ulcers or cavities may form; - owing to the softening, either of the substance itself, or of some other morbid tissue, - of tubercles especially. This morbific change affects the lungs particularly. Its causes are very obscure. Melanosis of the lung constitutes one of the species of phthisis of Bayle; but it is impossible to distinguish it from the other species during life. In the classification of Fuchs, Melanosen[G.] forms a family of diseases. The deposition of melanic matter in the tissue is not necessarily connected with malignant disease. See Cancer, melanotic.
By Robley Dunglison
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Condition characterized by pigmentary deposits.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.