[? a. mod. Fr. albinisme: see ALBINOISM.] The state or condition of being an albino.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 86/2. St. Hilaire … supposes that there are two species of Albinism, one the effect of disease, the other a true anomaly.
1839. Timbs, Year-Bk. of Facts, 174. Albinism in a Swallow.
1859. Darwin, Orig. Spec., i. (1873), 10. Every one must have heard of cases of albinism … appearing in several members of the same family.
