melanosis etymology

English word melanosis comes from English -osis, English melano- (Melanin.)

Detailed word origin of melanosis

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-osis English (eng) (pathology) functional disease or condition such as hepatosis. Formation, increase. Process, action.
melano- English (eng) Melanin.
melanosis English (eng) (medicine) The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumours.

Words with the same origin as melanosis

Descendants of -osis
acidosis amyloidosis cirrhosis cyanosis dermatophytosis fibrosis halitosis hemochromatosis hypnosis ketoacidosis koilocytosis leptospirosis leukosis lipofuscinosis lycoperdonosis mannosidosis mucolipidosis narcosis neurotic psittacosis psychosis sarcoidosis siderosis toxoplasmosis trichinosis
Descendants of melano-
eumelanosome melanoblast melanocratic melanocyte melanoderma melanofilament melanogen melanoid melanolysosome melanoma melanomacrophage melanophage melanophore melanoprotein melanopsin melanosarcoma melanosomal melanosome melanotubule melanous melanuria pheomelanosome