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Meaning of "melanophore" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MELANOPHORE

melanophore  [ˈmelənəʊˌfɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MELANOPHORE

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Melanophore is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MELANOPHORE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

melanophore

Chromatophore

Chromatophores are pigment-containing and light-reflecting organelles in cells found in a wide range of animals including amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans, cephalopods, and bacteria. Mammals and birds, in contrast, have a class of cells called melanocytes with a similar function. Chromatophores are largely responsible for generating skin and eye colour in cold-blooded animals and are generated in the neural crest during embryonic development. Mature chromatophores are grouped into subclasses based on their colour under white light: xanthophores, erythrophores, iridophores, leucophores, melanophores, and cyanophores. The term chromatophore can also refer to coloured, membrane-associated vesicles found in some forms of photosynthetic bacteria.Vesicle Some species can rapidly change colour through mechanisms that translocate pigment and reorient reflective plates within chromatophores. This process, often used as a type of camouflage, is called physiological colour change or metachrosis.

Definition of melanophore in the English dictionary

The definition of melanophore in the dictionary is a chromatophore that contains melanin.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MELANOPHORE


anthophore
ˈænθəʊˌfɔː
carrefour
ˈkærəˌfɔː
chromophore
ˈkrəʊməˌfɔː
fluorophore
ˈflʊərəʊˌfɔː
gametophore
ɡəˈmiːtəʊˌfɔː
glucophore
ˈɡluːkəʊˌfɔː
gonophore
ˈɡɒnəʊˌfɔː
gynophore
ˈdʒaɪnəʊˌfɔː
hoped-for
ˈhʊptˌfɔː
hymenophore
haɪˈmiːnəʊˌfɔː
looked-for
ˈlʊktˌfɔː
photophore
ˈfəʊtəˌfɔː
pneumatophore
njuːˈmætəʊˌfɔː
rhizophore
ˈraɪzəʊˌfɔː
semaphore
ˈsɛməˌfɔː
spermatophore
ˈspɜːmətəʊˌfɔː
spirophore
ˈspaɪrəʊˌfɔː
sporophore
ˈspɔːrəʊˌfɔː
therefore
ˈðɛəˌfɔː
wherefore
ˈwɛəˌfɔː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MELANOPHORE

melanoblast
Melanochroi
melanochroic
Melanochroid
melanochroous
melanocyte
melanogeneses
melanogenesis
melanoid
melanoma
melanomata
melanosis
melanosity
melanosome
melanotic
melanotropin
melanous
melanterite
melanuria
melanuric

WORDS THAT END LIKE MELANOPHORE

aerophore
androgynophore
androphore
carpophore
chromatophore
conidiophore
ctenophore
ionophore
lophophore
mastigophore
nematophore
odontophore
odoriphore
ommatophore
phonophore
rhynchophore
shore
siphonophore
sporangiophore
trochophore

Synonyms and antonyms of melanophore in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «melanophore» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MELANOPHORE

Find out the translation of melanophore to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of melanophore from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «melanophore» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

黑色素
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

melanóforo
570 millions of speakers

English

melanophore
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

melanophore
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خلايا الميلانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

меланофоров
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

melan�oro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

melanophore
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mélanophore
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melanophore
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Melanophor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

黒色素胞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

melanophore
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Melanophore
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

melanophore
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெலனோபோர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेलानोफोर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

melanofor
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

melanophore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

melanoforu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

меланофорів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

melanoforului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μελανοφόρου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

melanofoor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

melanoforanalysbuffert
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

melanophore
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of melanophore

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MELANOPHORE»

The term «melanophore» is normally little used and occupies the 144.598 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MELANOPHORE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «melanophore» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «melanophore» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MELANOPHORE»

Discover the use of melanophore in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to melanophore and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pax6 and Six1/2 Orthologs in Leech Ectodermal Patterning
Results for kit and sox10-expressing cells were similar (data not shown) (Parichy et al., 1999; Dutton et al., 2001). (I-L) Tyrosinase-expressing melanophore precursors revealed by treating fixed larvae with the essential precursor for melanin ...
Ian Kirk Quigley, 2008
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Epigenetics: Linking Genotype and Phenotype in Development ...
Where xanthophores spread ventrally, melanophores recede to the nearest melanophore region. The xanthophores migrate into the area between the melanophore stripes but do not interfere with the lateral melanophore stripe. In this way a ...
Benedikt Hallgrimsson Ph.D., Brian K. Hall Ph.D., 2011
3
Comparative Physiology and Evolution of the Autonomic ...
Dale, H.H. (1913). On the action of ergotoxine: with special reference to the existence of sympathetic vasodilators. J. Physiol. (Lond), 46, 291-300. Danielson, R.N. (1939). Contrast and melanophore response in fishes. Anat. Rec, 75, Suppl 61.
Charlotte B. Nilsson, 1994
4
Sense Organs Integration, and Behavior
chemistry and physiology of intermedin, the hormone believed to be largely responsible for melanophore dispersion in the poikilothermous vertebrates.“""" 117 Color change among the vertebrates is limited to cyclostomes, elasmobranchs, ...
Talbot Waterman, 1961
5
Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Pharmacological Assays
The state of melanophore expansion can be assessed by direct visual examination and recorded in terms of an arbitrary melanophore index, or by modern methods of morphometry. EVALUATION For test preparation and standard, ...
Hans Vogel, 2008
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The Pharmacology of Functional, Biochemical, and Recombinant ...
This study confirmed Gs-coupling and proper pharmacological validation of the receptor in melanophore system. Soon, the studies were extended to demonstrate the capability of Gq-coupled murine bombesin (gastrin releasing peptide) and ...
Terrence P. Kenakin, James A. Angus, 2000
7
Introduction to Endocrinology
The degree of dispersion of melanosomes within a given melanophores may be quantified on an arbitrary scale from 1 to 5, where 1 indicates complete aggregation and 5 indicates maximum dispersion. This index of melanophore expansion ...
‎2009
8
Vertebrae Phototransduction and the Visual Cycle
measurements simultaneously from replicate melanophore populations on a minute-to-minute basis. General principles governing the expression and regulation of melanopsin in amphibian melanophores are likely to apply to other species ...
‎2000
9
Progress in the Biological Sciences in Relation to Dermatology
Soc. 76, 5565. Benfey, B. J. & Purvis, J. L. (1955). Purification and amino acid composition of melanophore-expanding hormone from hog pituitary gland. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 77, 5167. Dedman, M. L., Farmer, T. H. & Morris, C. J. O. R. ( 1955).
Arthur Rook, 1960
10
The Hormones V3: Physiology, Chemistry and Applications
property of melanophore expansion in amphibia or fish, the latter response has for most become a definition of intermediate-lobe hormone. It is possible (217) that the intermediate lobe secretes more than one activity, since a number of ...
NNN Unknown Publisher, 1955

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MELANOPHORE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term melanophore is used in the context of the following news items.
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How do birds have sex? Weirdest questions ever googled – and the …
There's a few possible causes for your goldfish to be turning black, but it's probably a MELANOPHORE MIGRATION. This is caused by any ... «Closer, Jun 15»
2
Chameleon colours 'switched by crystals'
Tiny packets of the dark dye melanin, for example, can be spread throughout the tendrils of big "melanophore" cells - or gathered into the centre ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
3
Video: Zebrafish Stripes Caused by Cells That Chase Each Other
(In the video, a yellow xanthophore chases a gray melanophore across the screen.) Cells from a zebrafish mutant called jaguar, which has ... «Science News, Jan 14»
4
Study of zebrafish skin patterns shows cells chasing other cells …
They did the same with a black pigment cell (melanophore) and found it behaved in much the same way. But when they placed both in a Petri ... «Phys.Org, Jan 14»
5
Nanotrain Network Assembles Tracks, Transports Good and Cleans …
Published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, the study was inspired by melanophore, which fish cells use to control their color. «Nature World News, Nov 13»
6
Tadpoles May Hold Key To Skin Cancer Treatment
"A Chemical Genomic Approach Identifies Matrix Metalloproteinases as Playing an Essential and Specific Role in Xenopus Melanophore ... «Medical News Today, Jan 09»
7
The Cichlids of Madagascar
Although many melanophore patterns exist, these are solely indicative of their collection locale and have not been shown to indicate separate species within this ... «FishChannel.com, Dec 08»
8
Cancer's Sex Appeal
Melanophore Cancer is not just a terrible disease but a strange one. Tumor cells must switch on certain genes in order to thrive and multiply. «Discover Magazine, Sep 08»

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