xanthism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A yellowish colouring of pigments in hair, skin, feathers, etc.

Word forms

xanthism

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ξανθισμός (xanthismós), by surface analysis, xanth- + -ism.

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