melanophagy

melanophagy

English

Etymology

melano- +‎ -phagy

Noun

melanophagy (uncountable)

1. The loss (by "eating away") of melanin
   • 2004, V. Krishna, Textbook of Pathology (page 1055)

     Melanin-bearing keratinocytes are more in number in the epidermal type; phagocytes with melanophagy in the papillary dermis characterize the dermal type of melasma.

   • 2020, Johanna Escoubet et al, "ABHD11, a new diacylglycerol lipase involved in weight gain regulation" in

     Only some eye defects were reported, including iris synechiae, melanophagy in the iris or the ciliary body ...