What does melanophagy mean?
Melanophagy means The loss (by "eating away") of melanin.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The loss (by "eating away") of melanin.
Only some eye defects were reported, including iris synechiae, melanophagy in the iris or the ciliary body ...
Melanin-bearing keratinocytes are more in number in the epidermal type; phagocytes with melanophagy in the papillary dermis characterize the dermal type of melasma.
In this study, we showed that ursolic acid inhibits skin pigmentation by promoting melanosomal autophagy, or melanophagy, in melanocytes.
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Melanophagy means The loss (by "eating away") of melanin.
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Only some eye defects were reported, including iris synechiae, melanophagy in the iris or the ciliary body ...
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