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al⋅bi⋅no

[al-bahy-noh or, especially Brit., -bee-]
–noun, plural -nos.
1. a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
2. an animal or plant with a marked deficiency in pigmentation.
3. Philately. an embossed stamp accidentally left without ink.

Origin:
1770–80; < Pg, equiv. to alb(o) white (< L albus) + -ino -ine 1


al⋅bin⋅ic [al-bin-ik] , al⋅bi⋅nal [al-buh-nl] , adjective
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al·bi·no   (āl-bī'nō)   
n.   pl. al·bi·nos
  1. A person or animal lacking normal pigmentation, with the result being that the skin and hair are abnormally white or milky and the eyes have a pink or blue iris and a deep-red pupil.

  2. A plant that lacks chlorophyll.


[Portuguese, from albo, white, from Latin albus; see albho- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

albino 
1777, from Sp. or Port. albino, from L. albus "white" (see alb). Used by Portuguese of white-spotted African negroes. Extended 1859 to animals having the same peculiarity.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: al·bi·no
Pronunciation: al-'bI-(")nO
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -nos
: an organism exhibitingdeficient pigmentation; especially : a human being who is congenitally deficient in pigment and usually has a milky or translucent skin, white or colorless hair, and eyes with pink orblue iris and deep-red pupil —compare MELANOal·bin·ic /-'bin-ik/ adjective
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albino al·bi·no (āl-bī'nō)
n. pl. al·bi·nos
A person or an animal lacking normal pigmentation, resulting in abnormally pale or white skin and hair and pink or blue eyes with a deep-red pupil.

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albino   (āl-bī'nō)  Pronunciation Key 
An organism lacking normal pigmentation or coloration. Animals that are albinos lack pigmentation due to a congenital absence of melanin. In humans and other mammals, albinos have white hair, pale skin, and usually pinkish eyes. Plants that are albinos lack normal amounts of chlorophyll or other pigments.

albinism noun (āl'bə-nĭz'əm)
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