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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
albinism
 
SYLLABICATION:al·bi·nism
PRONUNCIATION:  lb-nzm
NOUN:1. Congenital absence of any pigmentation or coloration in a person, animal, or plant, resulting in white hair and pink eyes in mammals. 2. The condition of being an albino.
ETYMOLOGY:French albinisme, from German Albinismus, from Albino, albino, from Portuguese. See albino.
OTHER FORMS:albi·nistic —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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