Skip to content

Cancer Terminology

  • About
  • Terminology
  • Genetic Terminology
  • Drug Terminology
Cancer Terminology

Single Biggest Cancer Dictionary in the World

What is

melanin

?

Press
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛlənɪn/

melanin

Definition

A pigment that gives color to skin and eyes and helps protect it from damage by ultraviolet light.

Explore Cancer Terminology

Find more

inviable

nicotine gum

chewing tobacco

irofulven

chronic neutrophilic leukemia

diffuse optical imaging

allergen

anaplastic lymphoma kinase positive

Explore Cancer Drug Terminology

find more

6 melanoma helper peptide vaccine

recombinant human interleukin-22 IgG2-Fc

hTERT/survivin/melanoma tumor cell-derived mRNA-transfected dendritic cell vaccine

ulocuplumab

anti-HER2/anti-PD-1 bispecific antibody SSGJ-705

bispecific antibody QLF3108

Retin-A MICRO

Osmitrol

Explore Genetic Cancer Terminology

find more

X-linked recessive inheritance

WGS

deoxyribonucleic acid

null allele

genetic heterogeneity

somatic mutation

melanocytic macules associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

recurrence risk

  • About
  • Terminology
  • Genetic Terminology
  • Drug Terminology

© 2026 Cancer Terminology

  • About
  • Terminology
  • Genetic Terminology
  • Drug Terminology