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nouna cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormonetype of:
Definition that contains melanocyte
- melanoma any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes
- msh a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes
- melanoblast an epidermal cell that is a precursor of a melanocyte
- melanocyte a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone
- melanocyte-stimulating hormone a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes
- malignant melanoma any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes