melanosis
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English
Etymology
Noun
melanosis (countable and uncountable, plural melanoses)
- (pathology) The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumours.
- (pathology) Pigmentation of tissue.
- (alchemy) Synonym of nigredo
Synonyms
- black cancer (see 1882 citation, The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Related terms
Translations
morbid deposition of black matter
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “melanosis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)