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# melanin

«melanin» in Mova's school dictionary: **the natural dark substance in skin, hair and eyes that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (melanin — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Melanin is the natural dark substance in skin, hair and eyes that gives them their colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melanin/#m1)

2) Melanin helps protect skin from the sun's harmful rays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melanin/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, melanin explains why skin tans in the sun and why people have different skin colours: more melanin makes darker skin. Freckles are spots of extra melanin. People with albinism have very little melanin.

### examples

- Melanin gives your skin its colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melanin/#x1)
- Freckles are spots with more melanin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melanin/#x2)
- Skin makes more melanin in the sun, so you tan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melanin/#x3)
- Even with lots of melanin, you still need sun cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melanin/#x4)
- People with albinism have very little melanin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melanin/#x5)
- Melanin also colours your hair and eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melanin/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Skin colour is just the amount of melanin — it says nothing about what a person is like. A tan is the skin protecting itself, a sign of sun damage, not health.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «melanin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melanin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.