melanosis

English

Etymology

From melano- +‎ -osis.

Noun

melanosis (countable and uncountable, plural melanoses)

  1. (pathology) The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumours.
  2. (pathology) A pigmentation of tissue.
  3. (alchemy) Synonym of nigredo.

Synonyms

  • black cancer (see the citation from 1882 in The Cincinnati Enquirer)

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