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colouring (as of the skin or pelt) marked by a predominance of yellow pigments.
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xanthism — having a yellow pigmentation … Dictionary of ichthyology
xanthism — A pigmentary anomaly of blacks, characterized by red or yellow red hair color, copper red skin, and often by dilution of iris pigment; autosomal recessive inheritance caused by mutation in the tyrosinase related … Medical dictionary
xanthism — xan·thism … English syllables
xanthism — ˈzanˌthizəm noun ( s) Etymology: xanth + ism : coloring (as of the skin or pelt) marked by a predominance of yellow pigments … Useful english dictionary
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Xanthochromism — (also called xanthochroism or xanthism) is a term that may be applied to birds, fish and other animals whose colouration is unusually yellow through an excess of yellow pigment, or possibly a loss of darker pigments that allows yellow pigment to… … Wikipedia
Albinism — Partial or total lack of the pigment melanin in the skin, hair and iris. The word albino is Portuguese and comes from the Latin albus for white. * * * A group of inherited (usually autosomal recessive) disorders with deficiency or absence of… … Medical dictionary
oculocutaneous albinism — (OCA) albinism characterized by partial or total absence of melanin from the melanocytes of the skin, hair, and eyes, with additional ocular defects including hypoplastic fovea, photophobia, nystagmus, and decreased visual acuity. There are a… … Medical dictionary
