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Albinism

noun

The congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair.

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"Albinism" Quotes from Famous Books

... that Himalayans, though produced so suddenly, breed true. But as, whilst young, they are albinoes, the case falls under a very general rule; for albinism is well known to be strongly inherited, as with white mice and many other quadrupeds, and even with white flowers. But why, it may be asked, do the ears, tail, nose, and feet, and no other part of the body, revert to a black colour? This ...

— The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. • Charles Darwin

... combination of circumstances, appears in the parent—say, once amongst several million individuals—and it reappears in the child, the mere doctrine of chances almost compels us to attribute its reappearance to inheritance. Every one must have heard of cases of albinism, prickly skin, hairy bodies, &c., appearing in several members of the same family. If strange and rare deviations of structure are truly inherited, less strange and commoner deviations may be freely admitted to be inheritable. Perhaps the correct way ...

— On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection • Charles Darwin

Words linked to "Albinism" : albinal, congenital abnormality, albinic, congenital anomaly, albinotic, hypopigmentation, congenital disorder, albinistic, congenital defect, birth defect