melanosis
noun
melanosis is spelled M-E-L-A-N-O-S-I-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, melanosis means “The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumours” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of melanosis is melanoses.
How many letters and syllables are in melanosis?
| Letters | 9: M-E-L-A-N-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is melanosis?
Melanosis appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of melanosis
- melanoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does melanosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumours.
- 2
A pigmentation of tissue.
- 3
Synonym of nigredo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does melanosis come from?
From melano- + -osis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).