Medical term:
melanosome
melanosome
[mel´ah-no-sōm″]any of the granules that contain melanin. The melanin is synthesized within melanocytes; then the melanosomes are transferred to keratinocytes.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
mel·a·no·some
(mel'ă-nō-sōm'),The generally oval pigment granule (0.2 by 0.6 mcm) produced by melanocytes.
Synonym(s): eumelanosome
[melano- + G. sōma, body]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
melanosome
A large (500-nm) lysosome-related pigment-containing organelle, which provides tissues with colour and photoprotection. They are the site of synthesis, storage and transport of melanin pigments and are synthesised in skin melanocytes, in choroidal melanocytes and in retinal pigment epithelial cells in the eye of mammals.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
mel·a·no·some
(mel'ă-nō-sōm)The generally oval pigment granule (0.2 by 0.6 mcm) produced by melanocytes.
[melano- + G. sōma, body]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
melanosome
[mel´ah-no-sōm″]any of the granules that contain melanin. The melanin is synthesized within melanocytes; then the melanosomes are transferred to keratinocytes.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
mel·a·no·some
(mel'ă-nō-sōm'),The generally oval pigment granule (0.2 by 0.6 mcm) produced by melanocytes.
Synonym(s): eumelanosome
[melano- + G. sōma, body]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
melanosome
A large (500-nm) lysosome-related pigment-containing organelle, which provides tissues with colour and photoprotection. They are the site of synthesis, storage and transport of melanin pigments and are synthesised in skin melanocytes, in choroidal melanocytes and in retinal pigment epithelial cells in the eye of mammals.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
mel·a·no·some
(mel'ă-nō-sōm)The generally oval pigment granule (0.2 by 0.6 mcm) produced by melanocytes.
[melano- + G. sōma, body]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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