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- noun medicine A rare autosomal dominant
disorder ofmelanocyte development, whose commoncharacteristics include acongenital whiteforelock , scattered normally-pigmented andhyperpigmented macules , and atriangular depigmented patch on theforehead .
Etymologies
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piebald + -ism
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It may be that the white blaze (or piebaldism) represents merely a heterozygous condition, and that the trait is really
Applied Eugenics Paul Popenoe 1933
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White blaze in the hair or, as it might better be called to show its resemblance to the trait found in other mammals, piebaldism.
Applied Eugenics Paul Popenoe 1933
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