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Definition of Albinism

1. Noun. The congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair.

Definition of Albinism

1. n. The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.

Definition of Albinism

1. Noun. Congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino. ¹

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Definition of Albinism

1. the condition of being an albino [n -S]

Medical Definition of Albinism

1. Condition in which no melanin (or other pigment) is present. (05 Feb 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Albinism

Literary usage of Albinism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists (1869)
"INSTANCES OF albinism AMONG OUR BIRDS. — In a recent number of the NATURALIST, a correspondent mentions a "Singular Variety" of the Field Sparrow (Spizella ..."

2. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine: Being an Encyclopedic Collection of by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1900)
"Partial albinism, necessarily congenital, presenting a piebald appearance ... albinism is found in the lower animals, and is exemplified ordinarily by rats, ..."

3. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology: Designed for Students and by William Allen Pusey (1907)
"albinism is the congenital absence of pigment in the skin. ... In albinos—ie, those who have complete albinism—the skin is abnormally white, pinkish where ..."

4. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"albinism IN MAN Extensive Researches of Galton Laboratory Lead to Denial of Its Mendelian Behavior Warning as to Enunciation of Rules Governing ..."

5. Heredity of Coat Characters in Guinea-pigs and Rabbits by William Ernest Castle (1905)
"One of these (9 207) was not tested for recessive albinism, as already stated. ... The foregoing results show very clearly that albinism conforms in its ..."

6. Selection and Cross-breeding in Relation to the Inheritance of Coat-pigments by William Ernest Castle, Hansford Maccurdy (1907)
"That total albinism behaves as a recessive Mendelian character has been recognized ... Pigmented rats, in which albinism was recessive, when mated inter se, ..."

7. Genetic Studies on a Cavy Species Cross by John Adolph Detlefsen (1914)
"These matings produced 4 offspring, all red.1 7. COLOR AND albinism. HOMOZYGOUS CONDITION OF THE COLOR FACTOR IN CROSSES. albinism is common among ..."

8. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin, for the use of students and by James Nevins Hyde (1883)
"The term albinism, or leucoderma, is limited to the congenital conditions ... In both universal and partial albinism, the defective condition of the pigment ..."

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