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English-Thai Dictionary

melanism

N ภาวะ ที่ มี สาร เมลามีน มาก เกิน ปกติ

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MELANISM

Mel "a *nism, n. Etym: [Gr. ,, black. ]

1. An indue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.

2. (Med. )

Defn: A disease; black jaundice. See Mel.

New American Oxford Dictionary

melanism

mel a nism |ˈmeləˌnizəm ˈmɛlənɪzəm | ▶noun chiefly Zoology unusual darkening of body tissues caused by excessive production of melanin, esp. as a form of color variation in animals. DERIVATIVES me lan ic |məˈlanik |adjective, mel a nis tic |ˌmeləˈnistik |adjective

Oxford Dictionary

melanism

melanism |ˈmɛlənɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] chiefly Zoology darkening of body tissues caused by excessive production of melanin, especially as a form of colour variation in animals. DERIVATIVES melanic |mɪˈlanɪk |adjective

Duden Dictionary

Melanismus

Me la nis mus Substantiv, maskulin Biologie , der |Melan i smus |der Melanismus; Genitiv: des Melanismus, Plural: die Melanismen durch Melanine bewirkte Dunkelfärbung der Körperoberfläche