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What is the medical term meaning any condition of unusual deposits of black pigment in the body?
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∙ 12y ago
Disease marked by abnormal pigmentation may be called chromatosis or melanosis, or melanopathy. Amelanism or amelanosis is the term used for a lack of pigmentation of the skin.
Some examples of chromatosis or melanosis:
- Vitiligo, an autoimmune disorder characterized by splotchy white patches of unpigmented skin.
- chloasma,
- Addison's disease
- hepatitis
Chromatosis, melanosis
Melanopathy is a term for disease of excess pigmentation.
melanopathy
Chromatosis, melanosis
melonopathy
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 8y agoDiseases marked by abnormal pigmentation may be called chromatosis or melanosis, or melanopathy. Amelanism or amelanosis is the term used for a lack of pigmentation of the skin.
Some examples of chromatosis or melanosis:
- Vitiligo, an autoimmune disorder characterized by splotchy white patches of unpigmented skin.
- chloasma,
- Addison's disease
- hepatitis
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∙ 12y agoMelanosis
The term would depend on where on the body the pigments are located and what is causing the pigment in the first place.
* Melasma is the medical term for unusual dark patches on the body, especially noticeable when they occur on the face and on skin exposed to the sun.
- Melanosis* -any condition of unusual deposits of black pigment in different parts of the body.
- Hypermelanosis is the name for a condition of excessive skin pigmentation, caused by light, chemicals or internal metabolic imbalances.
- Linear and whorled nevoid hypermelanosis (LWNH) is a streaky form of hypermelanosis. This condition is quite rare, and has been given different names by various medical professionals.
*In dentistry, 'melanosis' (melanin pigment in skin tissues) is normal in the gums of dark-skinned people and sometimes found in light-skinned people.
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∙ 11y agoalbino
Vitiligo is the localized loss of skin pigmentation.
melanosis
Vitiligo
There could be many causes for pigment loss. Most common is vitiligo.
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∙ 12y agoA melanocyte is a pigmented skin cell.
melanocyte.
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A condition of unusual deposits of black pigment in the body tissues or organs is called?
Melanosis
What is the medical term meaning skin pigment?
Melanin
What is the medical term for an abnormal condition of deposits of black pigment in different parts of the body?
Melanosis is the term for unusual black pigment deposits and it can be seen in the colon and rectum sometimes when a biopsy is done. This is called melanosis coli. This odd pigmentation is not cancerous.Another condition is Black Lung Disease. It is caused by long exposure to coal dust and was (and is) still seen in miners. The miners used to work without any type of protection for the respiratory tract. It wasn't until 2016 that the final rules were put in place for the miner's protection.Another dark pigment condition is seen in the skin and is called melisma.
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VitiligoalbinismAlbinoAlbinoism.
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vitiligo
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