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melanocyte (mel´ә-no-sīt) (mә-lan´o-sīt) a type of dendritic clear cell of the stratum basale of the epidermis; it synthesizes tyrosinase and has melanosomes that produce melanin and can later be transferred from melanocytes to keratinocytes. adj., melanocyt´ic., adj.
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