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Definition of: melanemia
(mel′ə·nē′mē·ə) noun Pathol.
A morbid excess of black pigment in the blood: noted chiefly in pernicious anemia. Also mel′·a·nae′mi·a. [<MELAN- + Gk. haima blood]
—mel′a·ne′mic adjective
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