Melanism

Definition:

• (n.) An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.
• (n.) A disease; black jaundice. See Mel/na.

Compare melanism with other words:

melanism vs. melanistic

albinoism vs. melanism

albinism vs. melanism

melanism vs. pigment

melanin vs. melanism

congenital vs. melanism

melanic vs. melanism