ALBINISM

n. A2Vbi?n-i2zm. From albino. Lat.,albinism us, alb or nativus, Siietes ethiopica, ach ram at as is can genial is, thiopia. Fr., alb in is me, albinie. Ger., Leucäthiopie, Leukopathie, Albinism us. It., albinismo, leuco pat i a, Sp., albinismo. Syn.: Albinoism, kakerlakism, 1. The state of being an albino (q. v.). 2. Congenital a chroma to sis, either partial or general. See ALBINIS- Mus partial is and universal is. 3. The spontaneous decoloration of a plant or its parts. [A; B, 121; G; L, 79.]