▪ I. melanose, n.
(ˈmɛlənəʊs)
[ad. F. mélanose, the Fr. form of melanosis.]
A fungoid growth on grape-vines produced by Septoria ampelina.
| 1890 in Century Dict. |
▪ II. melanose, a. Path.
(ˈmɛlənəʊs)
[f. Gr. µελαν-, µέλας black + -ose; but app. suggested by melanosis.]
Containing, or of the nature of, the black pigment occurring in melanosis.
| 1823 Cullen & Carswell in Trans. Edin. Med.-Chir. Soc. (1824) 265 The peritonæum had melanose matter lying upon it in streaks. 1829 Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) III. 339 The pleura was studded with melanose tubercles. 1834 J. Forbes Laennec's Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 361 The melanose affection..tends to produce cachexy and anasarca. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 64/1 Cases in which the osseous system appears to be stained with the melanose deposit. 1890 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |