leucism

English

Alternative forms

• leukism (rare spelling)

Etymology

From leuco- +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: leu‧cism

Noun

leucism (uncountable)

1. (zoology, pathology) 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 (fr) m
• Galician: leucismo m
• German: Leuzismus m
• Italian: leucismo (it) m
• Lithuanian: leukizmas m
• Maori: rūkimi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: leukisme m

  Nynorsk: leukisme m

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

See also

• albinism
• melanism

Anagrams

• emulsic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Leukismus.

Noun

leucism n (plural leucisme)

1. leucism

Declension

Declension of leucism

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	leucism	leucismul		leucisme	leucismele
genitive-dative	leucism	leucismului		leucisme	leucismelor
vocative	leucismule			leucismelor