melanosis coli
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melanosis coli
(′mel·ə′nō·səs ′kō′lī)
(pathology) Melanotic pigmentation of the mucosa of the colon in large numbers of minute foci.
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melanosis co·li
(kō'lī)
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n.
Melanosis of the mucosa of the large intestine, due to accumulation of pigment within macrophages in the lamina propria mucosae.
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