Definition: 'Premelanosome'
premelanosome
Type: TermPronunciation: prē-mel′ă-nō-sōm
Definitions:
1. A nonpigmented membrane-bound vesicle in a melanocyte that contains tyrosine and matures into the melanin-filled melanosome; prominent in melanocytes of albinos.
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