Albinism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Albinism \Al"bi*nism\, n.
     The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism;
     leucopathy.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  albinism
       n : the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin
           and hair

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "albinism":
     Christmas disease, Hartnup disease, Werdnig-Hoffmann disease,
     achroma, achromasia, achromatic vision, achromatosis, albescence,
     albino, albinoism, astigmatism, astigmia, bad eyesight, blindness,
     blondness, blurred vision, canescence, chalkiness, color blindness,
     creaminess, cystic fibrosis, defect of vision, dichromatic vision,
     double sight, double vision, dysautonomia, fairness,
     faulty eyesight, frostiness, glaucescence, glaucousness,
     grizzliness, hemophilia, hoariness, ichthyosis, imperfect vision,
     lactescence, leukoderma, lightness, milkiness, mongolianism,
     mongolism, mucoviscidosis, muscular dystrophy, nystagmus, paleness,
     pancreatic fibrosis, partial blindness, pearliness, reduced sight,
     sickle-cell anemia, silver, silveriness, snowiness, thalassemia,
     tunnel vision, vitiligo, white, white race, whiteness,
     whitishness