albinism

English

Etymology

From albino +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈælbəˌnɪzəm/
Audio (US): (file)

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.
Synonym: albinoism

Antonyms

melanism

Derived terms

pseudoalbinism

Related terms

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

Anagrams

minilabs

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French albinisme.

Noun

albinism n (uncountable)

albinism

Declension

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