melanin

Meaning of melanin

noun

a dark brown to black pigment occurring in the hair, skin, and iris of the eye in people and animals. It is responsible for tanning of skin exposed to sunlight.

mid 19th century: from Greek melas, melan- ‘black’ + -in1.

Information about melanin

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of melanin is: melanins.
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Hyphenation of melanin

melanin

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • melanin is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Translation of melanin

Anagrams of melanin

Lemnian, lemnian, lineman

Words that rhyme with melanin

neobanin, winobanin, diepomuricanin, gneafricanin, piccanin, siccanin, vertilecanin, laudanin, leitneridanin, peucedanin, phenylrhodanin, leandreanin, oolongtheanin, rhoipteleanin, ruageanin, fanin, noraverufanin, Bulganin, Manganin, harunganin, loganin, manganin, piliganin, reorganin, secologanin, secomahoganin, biochanin, dihydrobiachanin, dunawithanin, lanthanin, neochanin, acetylcorianin, artoindonesianin, bromocorianin, calafianin, dihydrocorianin, dihydroumbrosianin, gentianin, ircinianin, letestuianin, melianin, nicotianin, paeonianin, randianin, regianin, salvianin, silydianin, thonningianin, tilianin, umbrosianin

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