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Definition of Melanism
1. Noun. A condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin).
Definition of Melanism
1. n. An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.
2. n. The character of having a high degree of pigmentation, as shown in dark skin, eyes, and hair.
Definition of Melanism
1. Noun. congenital excess of melanin pigmentation in the skin, hair, feathers and/or eyes; the condition of being melano ¹
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Definition of Melanism
1. abnormally dark pigmentation of the skin [n -S]
Medical Definition of Melanism
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1. An indue development of dark-coloured pigment in the skin or its appendages; the opposite of albinism.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Melanism
Literary usage of Melanism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1915)
"A CASE OF PERSISTENT melanism. HE EWING. The occurrence of melanism is a phenomenon
of wide distribution in nature, being recorded among animals belonging ..."
2. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1901)
"melanism is an anomaly, the exact contrary of the preceding. ... True total
melanism is unknown in man, in whom is only observed partial melanism, ..."
3. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt (1890)
"In dealing with melanism it is advisable in the first place to bear in mind ...
melanism, properly speaking, refers only to an increase in the quantity of ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1907)
"It has been noticed that the areas of melanism are generally in those large
manufacturing districts which have a humid atmosphere or heavy rainfall, ..."
5. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman (1893)
"Mr. R. Freer read a paper upon " Variation, with special reference to melanism,"
and exhibited insects in illustration. He said that melanism was due to ..."
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