Verb

(melaniz)

To convert into melanin, or to deposit melanin in.

*{{quote-journal, 1999, date=May 21, Jules A. Hoffmann et al., Phylogenetic Perspectives in Innate Immunity, Science citation

, passage=At the extreme, the mosquito does not permit survival and transmission of the parasite: in genetically selected refractory mosquito strains, the parasites may be lysed as they traverse the midgut, or may be encapsulated and melanized at the early oocyst stage (19 ). }}