MELANISM
\mˈɛlɐnˌɪzəm], \mˈɛlɐnˌɪzəm], \m_ˈɛ_l_ɐ_n_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
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An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; - the opposite of albinism.
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A disease; black jaundice. See Melna.
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An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; - the opposite of albinism.
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A disease; black jaundice. See Melna.
By Noah Webster.
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Disorders of increased melanin pigmentation that develop without preceding inflammatory disease.
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By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Excessive pigmentation; blackening of the integuments.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).