melanophage etymology

English word melanophage comes from English -phage (Something that eats, or consumes.), English melano- (Melanin.)

Detailed word origin of melanophage

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-phage English (eng) Something that eats, or consumes.
melano- English (eng) Melanin.
melanophage English (eng) A phagocyte that engulfs melanin.

Words with the same origin as melanophage

Descendants of -phage
chronophage coliphage geophage hippophage monophage mycophage myrmecophage necrophage oligophage ostreophage paedophage phytophage polyphage saprophagan saprophage siderophage virophage vitellophage xylophage zoophage
Descendants of melano-
eumelanosome melanoblast melanocratic melanocyte melanoderma melanofilament melanogen melanoid melanolysosome melanoma melanomacrophage melanophore melanoprotein melanopsin melanosarcoma melanosis melanosomal melanosome melanotubule melanous melanuria pheomelanosome