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MELANISMUS

\mˈɛlɐnˌɪsməs], \mˈɛlɐnˌɪsməs], \m_ˈɛ_l_ɐ_n_ˌɪ_s_m_ə_s]\

Definitions of MELANISMUS

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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Jaundice with very dark cutaneous discoloration.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Melaena. M. I. G. St. Hiluire employs the term Melanisme, for the change of coloration of the skin in which the pigment is of a deeper hue and in greater quantity than natural.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

[Gr.] Tendency to blackness of skin.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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