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What is the medical term meaning black pigment that determines one's skin color?
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What is the medical terminology combining form meaning dark?
melan-, as in melena (black stools) or melanocyte (pigment-producing skin cell).Melan- or Nigra-
What is the medical term meaning cancerous tumor with black pigmentation?
Melanoma means cancer of melanocytes, or pigment-generating skin cells.
What is the medical term meaning Missing enzyme necessary for the production of melanin?
Albinism=this condition is the result of a missing enzyme that is necessary for the production of melanin.Albinism=this condition is the result of a missing enzyme that is necessary for the production of melanin.
What is the medical term meaning black skin?
African American?
What colors make black pigment?
black
What is the source of pigment in hair?
Melanin is the source that determines the pigment in your hair. Usually, melanin is a hereditary trait. For example, if both of your parents have darker hair, then you were also probably born with darker hair as well.
How would paint be mixed to obtain the color gray?
Gray paint contains pigment from both white paint and black paint. The obtain an intermediate shade of gray mix equal parts of both white pigment and black pigment. If a darker shade of gray is desired the black pigment should be increased and the white pigment decreased. If a lighter shade of gray is desirable increase the white pigment and decrease the black pigment.
What is dark pigment of the body called?
melanin is black pigment found in the epidermisMelaninMelanin
How do black people get the black color?
It is a pigment in their skin.
Why are there white lions and not black lions?
White lions have been selectively bread to have little pigment in their fur. The pigment in a lion's fur is predominantly yellow/brown. By contrast lions have little black pigment, if any, and so it is impossible to select for black pigment in breeding.
What is the difference between an albino and a black sheep?
The main difference between an albino and a black sheep, is the pigment of their coat. Albino sheep have no pigment, where as black sheep are colored (black).
What makes your skin black?
pigment
