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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Melanism

/(mĕl"ȧ*nĭz'm)/ · Mel·a·nism · IPA
01 n. An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.
  1. 1.
    An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.
  2. 2.
    A disease; black jaundice. See Melaena.(Med.) See: Melaena
02 n. The character of having a high degree of pigmentation, as shown in dark skin, eyes, and hair.
  1. 1.
    The character of having a high degree of pigmentation, as shown in dark skin, eyes, and hair.(Ethnol.)