melanotubule etymology

English word melanotubule comes from English melano- (Melanin.), English tubule (A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.)

Detailed word origin of melanotubule

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
melano- English (eng) Melanin.
tubule English (eng) A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.
melanotubule English (eng) A tubule, formed from thickened melanofilaments, that develops into a melanosome.

Words with the same origin as melanotubule

Descendants of melano-
eumelanosome melanoblast melanocratic melanocyte melanoderma melanofilament melanogen melanoid melanolysosome melanoma melanomacrophage melanophage melanophore melanoprotein melanopsin melanosarcoma melanosis melanosomal melanosome melanous melanuria pheomelanosome
Descendants of tubule
microtubular tubulation tubulitis tubulous