melanise

Other spellings

• (US) melanize

Word parts

melanin + -ise

Verb

Plain form melanise

Third-person singular melanises

Past tense melanised

Past participle melanised

Present participle melanising

1. (transitive) If you melanise something, you convert it into melanin, or to deposit melanin in.
2. (transitive) If you melanise something, you deposit melanin into it.