melanostatin

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noun

Melanocyte-inhibiting factor (an endogenous peptide fragment derived from cleavage of the hormone oxytocin).

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nounmelanostatin (usually uncountable, plural melanostatins)

plural melanostatins

  1. uncountableusuallybiochemistryMelanocyte-inhibiting factor (an endogenous peptide fragment derived from cleavage of the hormone oxytocin).

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