Albinism

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  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or condition of being an albino; leucopathy; leucism.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.
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  • noun. 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.
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  • noun. the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair
    • Word Usage
    "They have pink eyes and the albinism is caused by a melanin deficiency."
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    axanthism  leucism  melanism  vitiligo  
    Hypernym
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    birth defect  congenital abnormality  congenital anomaly  congenital defect  congenital disorder  
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