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noun

albinism

the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair

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Six example sentences with albinism, each labelled with its topic.

  • Born with albinism, the infant needed tinted lenses and a dermatologist's referral before leaving the maternity ward.

    Medicine

  • Studio portraits of models with albinism demand softer key lights, since pale lashes and irises blow out under harsh strobes.

    Photography

  • Rangers photographed a squirrel whose albinism made it far easier for hawks to spot against the dark forest floor.

    Environment

  • Albinism arises when both copies of a pigment gene fail, so two parents with ordinary coloring can have an affected child.

    Science

  • The portrait painter mixed almost no ochre for the sitter, whose albinism left her hair and lashes nearly white.

    Art

  • The documentary follows a dancer with albinism who rehearses under soft lights to protect her eyes from the glare.

    Movies

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