Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
albinism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or condition of being an albino; albinism.
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- noun
congenital lack ofmelanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of beingalbino
Etymologies
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Examples
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The degeneration called albinoism has a remarkable influence upon the hair, destroying its coarse, nappy, wooly appearance, and converting it into fine, long, soft, silky, curly threads.
Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject E. N. [Editor] Elliott
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Why not try to correlate it to something like albinoism, which while similarly “broken” from a purely biological perspective carries no moral stigma?
Think Progress » “Dogs aren’t born mooing, and people aren’t born gay.” 2006
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Also within our species we have dwarfism, putitary giantism, albinoism, and thousands of other variants that are noticeable.
Kicking the Legs Out From Under the Willfully Ignorant « Whatever 2007
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Generally speaking, my complexion being somewhere between the spectrum of Julianne Moore and albinoism, I am not a tanner.
Operation Wipe Out Farmer Tan Jay 2007
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Generally speaking, my complexion being somewhere between the spectrum of Julianne Moore and albinoism, I am not a tanner.
Archive 2007-05-01 Jay 2007
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As Jagreen Lem had emphasised, without the blade he was less than half a man, for his albinoism weakened him.
Storm Bringer Moorcock, Michael 1963
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As Jagreen Lem had emphasised, without the blade he was less than half a man, for his albinoism weakened him.
Stormbringer Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1963
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Among the higher animals, albinoism and melanism may, as I have already stated, be considered as analogous facts; and I met with one case of a bird, a species of Lory (Eos fuscata), clearly existing under two differently coloured forms, since I obtained both sexes of each from a single flock, while no intermediate specimens have yet been found.
Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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[Warning: side effects may include late-onset albinoism, increased risk of liburuls, and John Birch Syndrome]
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[Warning: side effects may include late-onset albinoism, increased risk of liburuls, and John Birch Syndrome]
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