MELANISM

Melanism

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.

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melanism

Noun

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


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