| HCMM | hereditary cutaneous malignant melanoma |
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| LMM | Lactobacillus maintenance medium; lentigo maligna melanoma; light meromyosin |
| MAA | macroaggregated albumin; Medical Assistance for the Aged; melanoma-associated antigen; moderate apla... |
| MC | mass casualties; mast cell; Master of Surgery [Lat. Magister Chirurgiae]; maximum concentration; Med... |
| MCSPG | melanoma-specific chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan |
| halo melanoma | <tumour> A rare condition in which a melanoma is surrounded by an irregular area of depigmentation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Harding-Passey melanoma | <tumour> A melanin-forming tumour that arose spontaneously in a non-inbred mouse, and that is transplantable to mice of many strains but does not ordinarily metastasize. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Xiphophorus melanoma receptor kinase | <enzyme> Growth factor receptor protein with an extracellular ligand binding domain and an intracellular catalytic domain Registry number: EC 2.7.1.- Synonym: xmrk protein (26 Jun 1999) |
| nodular melanoma | <tumour> Primary cutaneous melanoma characterised by dermal invasion extending to the lateral margins of epidermal involvement or ulceration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subungual melanoma | <tumour> A melanoma beginning in the skin at the border of or beneath the nail. Synonym: melanotic whitlow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superficial spreading melanoma | <tumour> Primary cutaneous melanoma characterised by intraepidermal growth extending laterally beyond the site of dermal invasion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| desmoplastic malignant melanoma | <tumour> A melanoma with marked fibrosis surrounding atypical spindle-shaped melanocytes in the dermis. (05 Mar 2000) |