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Melanin is the natural dark colour in human skin, hair, and eyes. The body makes it. More melanin usually means darker skin and darker hair; less melanin means paler skin, and it is one reason some people have blond or red hair and blue or green eyes. It also helps protect skin from the sun. Animals have melanin too. This is a science and health word. In daily talk people usually say skin colour, hair colour, or pigment. Melanin itself is not a disease — it is the .
黑色素
組成From New Latin, from the Ancient Greek stem of μέλας (mélas, black) + -in; by the look of the English, melan(o)- + -in.
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- melanomaa cancer of the cells that make melanin; both names use melano-, from Greek for black
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melaninnoun/ˈmɛlənɪn/
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biochemistrybiologychemistryAny of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers.
- Generally, cephalopod ink includes melanin, enzymes related to melanin production, catecholamines, peptidoglycans, free amino acids and metals (Derby 2014) .
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