1.
[syn: melanosis, melanism]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Melanism \Mel"a*nism\ (m[e^]l"[.a]*n[i^]z'm), n. [Gr. me`las,
-anos, black.]
[1913 Webster]
1. An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin
or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) A disease; black jaundice. See Melaena.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Melanism \Mel"a*nism\ (m[e^]l"[.a]*n[i^]z'm), n. (Ethnol.)
The character of having a high degree of pigmentation, as
shown in dark skin, eyes, and hair.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
melanism
n 1: a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin
(especially in the skin) [syn: melanosis, melanism]