melanism

English

Etymology

melan(in) +‎ -ism

Noun

melanism (countable and uncountable, plural melanisms)

Congenital excess of melanin pigmentation in the skin, hair, feathers and/or eyes.

Antonyms

albinism, albinoism

Derived terms

Translations

congenital excess of melanin pigmentation

Danish: melanisme c
Dutch: melanisme (nl) n
Esperanto: melanismo
French: mélanisme (fr) m
German: Melanismus (de) m
Hungarian: melanizmus
Ido: melanismo (io)
Italian: melanismo m

Norwegian:
Bokmål: melanisme m

Nynorsk: melanisme m
Polish: melanizm m
Portuguese: melanismo m
Russian: мелани́зм (ru) m (melanízm)
Spanish: melanismo m
Swedish: melanism c

See also

leucism, leukism

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