plural of melanization

(biochemistry) Conversion into melanin, or an increase in the concentration of melanin within (a tissue or organism)

Of, relating to, or exhibiting melanism. / (soil science) Melanocratic. / (archaic, ethnology) black-haired

A creature, such as a moth, exhibiting melanism.

Congenital excess of melanin pigmentation in the skin, hair, feathers and/or eyes.

plural of melanism

(transitive) To convert into melanin, or to deposit melanin in.

present participle of melanize

That causes melanization

simple past tense and past participle of melanize