1) Disease of the skin 2) Melanosis 3) Skin condition 4) Skin disease 5) Skin disorder 6) Skin problem
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1) Melanosis
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Blackness, the opposite of albinism.
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Melanism is a development of the dark-colored pigment melanin in the skin or its appendages and is the opposite of albinism. Historically, it was also the medical term for black jaundice. The word melanism is deduced from the μελανός, meaning `black pigment`. Pseudo-melanism, also called abundism, is another variant of pigmentation, chara.....
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• (n.) An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism. • (n.) A disease; black jaundice. See Mel/na. • (n.) The character of having a high degree of pigmentation, as shown in dark skin, eyes, and hair.
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(mel´ә-niz″әm) melanosis.
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In birds, a condition involving unusual dark pigmentation in the plumage.
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Mel'a·nism (mĕl'ȧ*nĭz'm)
noun [ Greek
me`las ,
-anos , black.]
1. An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of
albinism .
2. (Medicine) A disease; black jaundice. See
Melæna...
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Mel'a·nism noun (Ethnol.) The character of having a high degree of pigmentation, as shown in dark skin, eyes, and hair.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: mel′ă-nizm Definitions: 1. Unusually marked, diffuse, melanin pigmentation of body hair and skin (usually not affecting the iris).
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melanism Other related 'dark; shadow, shade; black' units: lygo-; nigri-; nocti-; nycti-; scoto-; skio-; umbra-.
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opposite to albinism, it is the occurrence of very dark or black coloured birds, who normally have light coloured plumages.
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The preponderance of blackness.
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Excess of melanin, making bird appear black or blackish.
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