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melanoid

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melanoid

[′mel·ə‚nȯid]
(medicine)
Dark-colored; resembling melanin.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
These include: Melanin, Melanoid, Oxyhemoglobin, Reduced haemoglobin, and carotene.
Melanoid pigments are not formed on peptone yeast iron agar and on tyrosine agar.
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