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melanic | melanie klein | melaniline | melanin | melanise | melanism | melanistic | melanite | melanitta | melanitta nigra | melanize

melanism

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Noun
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mel=a=nism

CIDE DICTIONARY

melanismn. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black.].
  •  An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A disease; black jaundice. See Melæna.  [1913 Webster]
melanismn. 
     The character of having a high degree of pigmentation, as shown in dark skin, eyes, and hair.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

melanism, n. an unusual darkening of body tissues caused by excessive production of melanin.


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