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 articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) leucism	leucismul	(niște) leucisme	leucismele
genitive/dative	(unui) leucism	leucismului	(unor) leucisme	leucismelor
vocative	leucismule		leucismelor