EPITHELIUM CONNECTIVE TISSUE SKIN
INTEGUMENT
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Question
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Melan/o means ____
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black
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death
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hard
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blue
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Melano-is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “black, dark-colored.” In biology and medicine, melano-is specifically used to refer to melanin, “any of a class of insoluble pigments, found in all forms of animal life, that account for the dark color of skin, hair, fur, scales, feathers, etc.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Listen to pronunciation. (MEH-lun … PROH-teen) A protein found on normal melanocytes (cells that make the pigment melanin) in the skin and in the retina.
Detailed explanation-3: -Melan/o is the term for the color black. Black is used to describe the appearance of a type of cancer known as melanoma.
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