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Meaning of "eumelanin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EUMELANIN

eumelanin  [juːˈmelənɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EUMELANIN

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verb
adverb
pronoun
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conjunction
determiner
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Eumelanin is a noun.
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WHAT DOES EUMELANIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

eumelanin

Melanin

Melanin i/ˈmɛlənɪn/ is a broad term for a group of natural pigments found in most organisms. Melanin is produced by the oxidation of the amino acid tyrosine, followed by polymerization. The pigment is produced in a specialized group of cells known as melanocytes. There are three basic types of melanin: eumelanin, pheomelanin, and neuromelanin. The most common type is eumelanin, and is produced in 'black' and 'brown' subtypes. Pheomelanin is a cysteine-containing red-brown polymer of benzothiazine units largely responsible for red hair and freckles. Neuromelanin is found in the brain, though its function remains obscure. The production of melanin is called melanogenesis. In the skin, melanogenesis occurs after exposure to UV radiation, causing the skin to visibly tan. Melanin is an effective absorber of light; the pigment is able to dissipate over 99.9% of absorbed UV radiation. Because of this property, melanin is thought to protect skin cells from UVB radiation damage, reducing the risk of cancer.

Definition of eumelanin in the English dictionary

The definition of eumelanin in the dictionary is a form of melanin found in human skin and hair, more common in people with dark skin.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EUMELANIN


adenine
ˈædənɪn
alanin
ˈælənɪn
anthocyanin
ˌænθəʊˈsaɪənɪn
cyanin
ˈsaɪənɪn
glutenin
ˈɡluːtənɪn
hemocyanin
ˌhiːməʊˈsaɪənɪn
Manganin
ˈmæŋɡənɪn
melanin
ˈmɛlənɪn
opsonin
ˈɒpsənɪn
phaeomelanin
ˌfiːəʊˈmelənɪn
phycocyanin
ˌfaɪkəˈsaɪənɪn
plastocyanin
ˌplæstəʊˈsaɪənɪn
safranin
ˈsæfrənɪn
safranine
ˈsæfrənɪn
santonin
ˈsæntənɪn
saponin
ˈsæpənɪn
sporopollenin
ˌspɔːrəˈpɒlənɪn
syntonin
ˈsɪntənɪn
thionin
ˈθaɪənɪn
troponin
ˈtræʊpənɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EUMELANIN

eulogies
eulogiser
eulogist
eulogistic
eulogistical
eulogistically
eulogium
eulogize
eulogizer
eulogy
Eumenides
eumerism
eumong
eumung
eunuch
eunuchism
eunuchize
eunuchoid
eunuchoidism
euoi

WORDS THAT END LIKE EUMELANIN

agglutinin
artemisinin
Benin
betacyanin
bradykinin
Bulganin
cholecystokinin
conin
Cronin
hemagglutinin
Lenin
lignin
melatonin
phthalocyanin
piccanin
renin
ronin
serotonin
tannin
uranin

Synonyms and antonyms of eumelanin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «eumelanin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EUMELANIN

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The translations of eumelanin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «eumelanin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

真黑素
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

eumelanina
570 millions of speakers

English

eumelanin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

eumelanin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السوي (Eumelanin)
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эумеланин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

eumelanin
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

eumelanin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

eumélanine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Eumelanin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eumelanin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ユーメラニン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유 멜라닌
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Eumelanin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

eumelanin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எயுமெலனில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

युमुलेनिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eumelanin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eumelanina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

eumelanina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

еумеланін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eumelanin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευμελανίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eumelanin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

eumelanin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

eumelanin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of eumelanin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EUMELANIN»

The term «eumelanin» is normally little used and occupies the 123.884 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EUMELANIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eumelanin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EUMELANIN»

Discover the use of eumelanin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to eumelanin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Drug Testing in Hair
The synthesis of eumelanin requires tyrosinase, an enzyme located in melanosomes. Tyrosinase catalyzes the conversion of tyrosine to dopa, which is further oxidized to dopaquinone. Through a series of enzymatic and nonenzymatic ...
Pascal Kintz, 1996
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ECS transactions [Electronic journal].
In the 90's, progress in scanning probe and x-ray techniques brought new insight in the eumelanin structure. Several works suggested a different structure for eumelanin, the stacked oligomer model (16-20). Atomic Force Microscopy and X- ray ...
P. Srinivasan, R. Todi, P. Joshi
3
The World of Hair Colour
John Gray. Schematic outline of the melanogenic pathway, showing the major intermediates of both eumelanin and phaeomelanin. In childhood phaeomelanin- pigmented hair is often white-blonde, but usually darkens. HO 0-1 H2N COOH ...
John Gray, 2004
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Encyclopedia of Genetics
Mice with this or other loss-of-function alleles of Tyrpl produce brown rather than black eumelanin, and partial loss of function results in dark brown eumelanin. The Tyrpl gene in rats localizes to the brown mutation, but the sequence change  ...
Eric C.R. Reeve, 2014
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Chemical and Physical Behavior of Human Hair
[127] Hair color/hair type mg/eumelanin/mg hair mg pheomelanin type/mg hair DHI DHICA Total eumelanin 2-CystDOPAa 5-CystDOPAb Total pheomelanin Black (African Am.) 8.5 6.0 14.5 Black (Amerindian) 9.5 5 14.5 Black (Asian) 7.5 5  ...
Clarence R. Robbins, 2012
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Aging Hair
The photochemical degradation by VIS light of eumelanin, the predominant pigment of black and light brown hair, is relatively small and can be shown quantitatively (gravimetry) and qualitatively (color measurements, IR spectroscopy) [29].
Ralph M. Trüeb, Desmond Tobin, 2010
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5th Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical ...
Eumelanin 2.00E-04 1.50E-04 1.00E-04 5.00E-05 0.00E+00 2 3 4 5 6 SPT Fig. 6 Estimated concentration of eumelanin Experiment performed by Vincensi et al ( Vincensi, 1998) indicated that increasing skin pigment (SPT I to VI) correlates ...
Hua-Nong Ting, 2011
8
Artificial Photosynthesis: From Basic Biology to Industrial ...
3.4.5 A DSSC Based Upon Synthetic Eumelanin Given what we now know about the physics and chemistry of melanins, and given the criteria for sensitization of a narrow bandgap nanocrystalline photoanode (e.g., titania), is it possible to use ...
Anthony F. Collings, Christa Critchley, 2007
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Cosmetic Dermatology: Products and Procedures
pheomelanin, a yellow-reddish pigment. Eumelanin is deposited in ellipsoidal melanosomes which contain a fibrillar internal structure. Synthesis of eumelanin increases after UV exposure (tanning). Pheomelanin has a higher sulfur content  ...
Zoe Diana Draelos, 2011
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Fluorescence Lifetime Spectroscopy and Imaging: Principles ...
... is responsible for the coloration of eye, hair, and skin. This substance is classically labeled eumelanin (or true melanin) if dark brown or black, or pheomelanin (dusky melanin) if reddish, because of its high sulfur content ( Sulzer et al. 2008).
Laura Marcu, Paul M. W. French, Daniel S. Elson, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EUMELANIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term eumelanin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why do different people have different coloured eyes?
The colour of the iris is determined by the amount of melanin pigments, the way the melanin is distributed in the eye and the ratio of eumelanin ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
2
Hair expert from Strode College says stop pulling out those grey …
Grey hair happens over a period of time, and is created when the hair follicle no longer produces the pigmentation (eumelanin for the blacks ... «Central Somerset Gazette, Jun 15»
3
Ginger Jews
MC1R operates on two pigments, eumelanin and pheomelanin, and, in general, the more of the latter, the redder the hair. But MC1R is also ... «Jewish Journal, Jun 15»
4
Red hair: a blessing or a curse?
Their coloring is due to a mutation in the MC1R gene that fails to produce sun-protective, skin-darkening eumelanin and instead causes pale ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
5
QUESTION CORNER
There are two types of melanin : eumelanin, which is dark brown or black, and pheomelanin, which is reddish yellow. They blend together to ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
6
Hair, skin and nails
Two different forms of pigment, eumelanin and pheomelanin, determine the color of hair. Eumelanin is a black pigment and pheomelanin is a ... «St. Louis American, May 15»
7
The Truth About Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM)
... applications) that MSM may increase the production of pheomelanin, the melanin that is found in fair-skinned people, relative to eumelanin. «Truth In Aging, May 15»
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Black/Dark/Light in African Tradition (2)
The basis of pigmentation is in 2 forms—eumelanin (brown-black in skin) and phaeomelanin. Skin color depends on the size and distribution of ... «Black Voice News, Apr 15»
9
Scientific Discovery Reverses Gray Hair To Its Natural Color …
... and created a treatment that restores what is missing from gray hair: the natural pigment eumelanin. How does Hairprint restore hair color? «PR Newswire, Apr 15»
10
I Love TV Nipples No More
A perfect blend of eumelanin (brown pigment) and pheomelanin (red pigment)—or, in layperson's terms, the color of a glorious sunrise. «TheStranger.com, Mar 15»

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