noun
- the process of developing or depositing melanin pigment in tissues, resulting in darkening
Usage: biological; medical
Examples
- The melanization of the insect’s cuticle helped protect it from UV radiation.
- Researchers studied the melanization process in fruit fly immune responses.
- Skin melanization increases with sun exposure as a protective mechanism.
- The pathogen triggered melanization in the host’s hemolymph.
- Scientists observed melanization around the wound site in the laboratory specimens.
- Temperature changes can affect the rate of melanization in certain organisms.