albinism

English

Etymology

From albino ‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈælbəˌnɪzəm/

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Noun

albinism (countable and uncountable, plural albinisms)

1. 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.

   Synonym: albinoism

Antonyms

• melanism

Derived terms

• pseudoalbinism

 

Related terms

• albinistic
• albino
• albinotic

 

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
• Galician: albinismo (gl) 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 (ja) (はくひしょう, hakuhishō)
• Kazakh: ақтүстілік (aqtüstılık)
• Korean: 백색증(白色症) (baeksaekjeung)
• Norwegian: albinisme (no) m
• Polish: albinizm (pl) m, bielactwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: albinismo (pt) m
• Romanian: albinism (ro) n
• Russian: альбини́зм (ru) m (alʹbinízm)
• Spanish: albinismo (es) m
• Swahili: ualbino
• Tagalog: pagkaanak-araw
• Welsh: albinedd m

See also

• axanthism
• leucism
• vitiligo

Anagrams

• minilabs

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French albinisme.

Noun

albinism n (uncountable)

1. albinism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	albinism	albinismul
genitive-dative	albinism	albinismului
vocative	albinismule