Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Congenital absence of any pigmentation or coloration in a person, animal, or plant, resulting in white hair and pink eyes in mammals.
- noun The condition of being an albino.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or condition of being an albino; leucopathy; leucism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Congenital lack ofmelanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of beingalbino .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair
Etymologies
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Examples
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They have pink eyes and the albinism is caused by a melanin deficiency.
New Office Dilemma 2006
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Besides, knocking out a pigment production pathway in a certain tissue is almost the most trivial mutational change I can imagine this is all it takes in albinism, which is caused by blocks anywhere in a series of proteins that produce the relevant pigments.
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The dolphin's "stunningly pink" color is the result of albinism, which is indicated by its red eyes as well as its pink skin.
Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton 2009
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Connolly will be on Friday's edition of ABC News '"20/20" as part of a story on the mistreatment by some East African nations of people with albinism, meaning that they lack pigment in their hair, eyes and skin.
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Some disorders or conditions, such as albinism and sickle cell disease, are passed on from the parents to the children.
Chapter 7 1995
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Looking to the cases which I have collected of cross-bred animals closely resembling one parent, the resemblances seem chiefly confined to characters almost monstrous in their nature, and which have suddenly appearedsuch as albinism, melanism, deficiency of tail or horns, or additional fingers and toes; and do not relate to characters which have been slowly acquired through selection.
IX. Hybridism. Hybrids and Mongrels Compared, Independently of Their Fertility 1909
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Looking to the cases which I have collected of cross-bred animals closely resembling one parent, the resemblances seem chiefly confined to characters almost monstrous in their nature, and which have suddenly appeared -- such as albinism, melanism, deficiency of tail or horns, or additional fingers and toes; and do not relate to characters which have been slowly acquired by selection.
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Looking to the cases which I have collected of cross-bred animals closely resembling one parent, the resemblances seem chiefly confined to characters almost monstrous in their nature, and which have suddenly appeared — such as albinism, melanism, deficiency of tail or horns, or additional fingers and toes; and do not relate to characters which have been slowly acquired by selection.
On the Origin of Species~ Chapter 08 (historical) Charles Darwin 1859
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Looking to the cases which I have collected of cross-bred animals closely resembling one parent, the resemblances seem chiefly confined to characters almost monstrous in their nature, and which have suddenly appeared -- such as albinism, melanism, deficiency of tail or horns, or additional fingers and toes; and do not relate to characters which have been slowly acquired by selection.
On the origin of species Charles Darwin 1845
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I have collected of cross-bred animals closely resembling one parent, the resemblances seem chiefly confined to characters almost monstrous in their nature, and which have suddenly appeared -- such as albinism, melanism, deficiency of tail or horns, or additional fingers and toes; and do not relate to characters which have been slowly acquired by selection.
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) Charles Darwin 1845
patiomensch commented on the word albinism
Albino = NOT a favorite word. Convert it into an '-ism,' however, and you've got a favorite. Albinism! I love saying it. 'Al-bin-ism'
April 13, 2007
brueckl100 commented on the word albinism
"Albinism" is pigment loss in the eyes, making them red or green or blue.
August 6, 2019