melanotic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of melanotic
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In addition to being unsightly, they bleed freely when abraded, are liable to ulcerate from friction and pressure, and occasionally become the starting-point of melanotic cancer.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Hip lameness may also be provoked by melanotic or other tumors.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
Melanin pigment is formed in relation to the cells and stroma of certain epithelial tumours, giving rise to melanotic cancer, one of the most malignant of all new growths.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
A still further complication in the composition of melanin is suggested by Kunkel,46 who has isolated a ferrated pigment from melanotic tumors.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The pigmented varieties include the chloroma, which is of a light-green colour, and the melanotic sarcoma, which is brown or black.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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