albinism

English

Etymology

From albino (from Latin albus/alba via Spanish and Portuguese albo/alba, "white") + -ism.

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

Antonyms

melanism

Related terms

albino

Translations

lack of melanin pigmentation

Catalan: albinisme (ca) m
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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