Usually means: Cell producing pigment in skin.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word melanocyte:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. melanocyte: Merriam-Webster
  2. melanocyte: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. melanocyte: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. melanocyte: Collins English Dictionary
  5. melanocyte: Vocabulary.com
  6. melanocyte: Wordnik
  7. melanocyte: Wiktionary
  8. melanocyte: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. melanocyte: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. melanocyte: Dictionary.com
  11. Melanocyte: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. melanocyte: Rhymezone
  13. melanocyte: FreeDictionary.org
  14. melanocyte: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. melanocyte: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Melanocyte: Health & Beauty Glossary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. melanocyte: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. melanocyte: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Melanocyte: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. melanocyte: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. Skin Cancer Information (No longer online)
  7. melanocyte: Medical dictionary
  8. Melanocyte: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Melanocyte: Beauty & Health Glossary

(Note: See melanocytes as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (melanocyte)

noun:  (medicine, biochemistry, cytology) A cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin.

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