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The dark brown pigment produced in response to solar radiation by melanocytes in the skin, the retina, and hair. It provides protection from exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
From: melanin in A Dictionary of Public Health »
Subjects: Medicine and Health — Science and Mathematics.
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