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Melasma vs Melanoma - What's the difference?

melasma | melanoma |

As nouns the difference between melasma and melanoma

is that melasma is (medicine) a tan or dark skin discoloration, particularly common in pregnant women, thought to be caused by the stimulation of melanocytes by estrogen and progesterone while melanoma is (oncology|disease) a dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.

melasma

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia melasma)
  • (medicine) A tan or dark skin discoloration, particularly common in pregnant women, thought to be caused by the stimulation of melanocytes by estrogen and progesterone.
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    melanoma

    English

    (wikipedia melanoma)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (oncology, disease) A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.