leucism

English

Alternative forms

leukism (rare spelling)

Etymology

leuco- +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: leu‧cism

Noun

leucism (uncountable)

An animal condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes (caused by a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin).

Derived terms

leucistic

Translations

partial loss of pigmentation

Danish: leucisme c
Dutch: leucisme n
Esperanto: leŭcismo, leŭkismo
Finnish: leukismi
French: leucisme (fr) m, leucistisme m
Galician: leucismo m
German: Leuzismus m
Italian: leucismo m

Lithuanian: leukizmas m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: leukisme m

Nynorsk: leukisme m
Polish: leucyzm m
Spanish: leucismo (es) m
Swedish: leucism c

See also

Anagrams

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