melanocyte

As nouns the difference between keratinocyte and melanocyte

is that keratinocyte is (biology) a cell in the epidermis that produces keratin while melanocyte is a cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin.

As nouns the difference between nevomelanocyte and melanocyte

is that nevomelanocyte is one of the melanocytes making up a nevus while melanocyte is a cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin.

As nouns the difference between melanocyte and corticotrope

is that melanocyte is a cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin while corticotrope is a cell in the anterior pituitary that produces adrenocorticotrophic hormone and melanocyte-stimulating hormone.

As nouns the difference between melanocyte and piebaldism

is that melanocyte is a cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin while piebaldism is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of melanocyte development, whose common characteristics include a congenital white forelock, scattered normally-pigmented and hyperpigmented macules, and a triangular depigmented patch on the forehead.

As nouns the difference between melanocyte and melasma

is that melanocyte is a cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin while 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.

As nouns the difference between melanocyte and pheomelanin

is that melanocyte is a cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin while pheomelanin is a brown pigment produced by melanocytes.

As nouns the difference between melanocyte and melanocytosis

is that melanocyte is a cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin while melanocytosis is (medicine) the presence of an excessive number of melanocytes.

As a noun melanocyte

is a cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin.

As an adjective melanocytic is

of or pertaining to melanocytes.

As nouns the difference between melanocyte and melastatin

is that melanocyte is a cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin while melastatin is a gene expressed in melanocytes and involved in nevomelanocytic development; down-regulated in cases of melanoma.