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Albinism

Al′bi-nism

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Noun.

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

Definition 2024

albinism

albinism

English

Noun

albinism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural albinisms)

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.

Synonyms

albinoism

Related terms

albino

Translations

lack of melanin pigmentation

Chinese:
Mandarin: 白化病 (zh) ‎(báihuàbìng)
Czech: albinismus (cs) m
Esperanto: albinismo
Finnish: albinismi (fi)
French: albinisme (fr) m
German: Albinismus (de) m
Greek: αλφισμός (el) m ‎(alfismós), λευκοπάθεια (el) f ‎(lefkopátheia)
Irish: ailbíneachas m, bán na súl m

Italian: albinismo (it) m
Japanese: 白皮症 ‎(はくひしょう, hakuhishō)
Norwegian: albinisme (no) m
Polish: albinizm (pl) m
Portuguese: albinismo (pt) m
Romanian: albinism (ro) n
Russian: альбини́зм (ru) m ‎(alʹbinízm)
Spanish: albinismo (es) m
Tagalog: pagkaanak-araw

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