Meaning of ALBINISM
| Pronunciation: | | 'albu`nizum
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair |
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| | See Also: | | birth defect, congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, hypopigmentation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Al"bi*nism\, n.
The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism;
leucopathy.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A rare genetic condition in which the body has no pigment whatsoever, due to an inherited inability to correctly manufacture melanin. This means that the animal with the condition (called an albino) has white, pale pink, or even translucent skin, white fur or hair, and pink eyes (no pigment in the iris means that the only color comes from the blood vessels in the eye). |
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| Glossary |
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| | Definition: | | a recessive abnormality that leads to little or no production of the skin pigment melanin. |
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| | Related Terms: | | achroma, achromasia, achromatic vision, achromatosis, albescence, albino, albinoism, astigmatism, astigmia, bad eyesight, blindness, blondness, blurred vision, canescence, chalkiness, Christmas disease, color blindness, creaminess, cystic fibrosis, defect of vision, dichromatic vision, double sight, double vision, dysautonomia, fairness, faulty eyesight, frostiness, glaucescence, glaucousness, grizzliness, Hartnup disease, hemophilia, hoariness, ichthyosis, imperfect vision, lactescence, leukoderma, lightness, milkiness, mongolianism, mongolism, mucoviscidosis, muscular dystrophy, nystagmus, paleness, pancreatic fibrosis, partial blindness, pearliness, reduced sight, sickle-cell anemia, silver, silveriness, snowiness, thalassemia, tunnel vision, vitiligo, Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, white, white race, whiteness, whitishness |
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