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

Catalan: melanisme m
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
Korean: 흑색증(黑色症) (heuksaekjeung)
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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mélanisme.

Noun

melanism n (uncountable)

melanism

Declension

declension of melanism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) melanism	melanismul
genitive/dative	(unui) melanism	melanismului
vocative	melanismule

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