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Definition of Albino

1. Noun. A person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink.

Definition of Albino

1. n. A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll.

Definition of Albino

1. Adjective. congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism ¹

2. Noun. person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Albino

1. an organism lacking normal pigmentation [n -NOS]

Medical Definition of Albino

1. A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives colour to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same colour, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll. The term was originally applied by the Portuguese to negroes met with on the coast of Africa, who were mottled with white spots. Origin: Sp. Or Pg. Albino, orig. Whitish, fr. Albo white, L. Albus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Albino

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"A moment's consideration, however, will show that, while an albino may be an individual in which one or more of the complementary bodies of pigmentation arc ..."

2. Studies of Inheritance in Guinea-pigs and Rats by William Ernest Castle, Sewall Wright (1916)
"albino guinea-pigs from a black race are known to possess two independent ... forms gametes AC, the albino forms gametes ac, and the Ft hybrids form gametes ..."

3. The Doctrine of the Unity of the Human Race Examined on the Principles of by John Bachman (1850)
"Finally, it produced an albino race which has for a century been propagated in our ... The same may be said of the albino Ferret, of England and France. ..."

4. Heredity of Coat Characters in Guinea-pigs and Rabbits by William Ernest Castle (1905)
"Agouti x albino.—Pure agoutis mated with albinos of spotted or of unknown ancestry ... It is probable that in no case did the albino parent in these crosses ..."

5. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1907)
"ON THE ZOOLOGICAL POSITION OF THE albino ... It is often stated that the white rat at present found in captivity, is the albino of Mus ..."

6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1872)
"AS PACKARD, Jr. albino DEER.— A few days since Henry Wilson of Cape Grove, a short distance from here, killed an albino deer. ..."

7. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1915)
"D. AND HD KING, PH.D. THE WISTAR INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. This report deals with the growth of the central nervous system in the albino rat. ..."

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