albinism in English
noun
state or condition of being an albino
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1. An example of an undesirable “recessive” trait is albinism.
2. Nitisinone for treatment of oculocutaneous/ocular albinism and for increasing pigmentation
3. There are many other forms of albinism that are less well-known.
4. Situation of people with albinism in Malawi and other African countries
5. Continue to ensure full and complete protection of persons with albinism (Djibouti);
6. Decides to proclaim, with effect from 2015, 13 June as International Albinism Awareness Day;
7. (b) Strengthen awareness-raising campaigns against superstitious beliefs concerning children with albinism;
8. Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
9. Albinal definition: related to or affected by albinism Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
10. Albinic: 1 adj of or pertaining to or affected by albinism Synonyms: Albinal , albinistic , albinotic
11. Albinal: 1 adj of or pertaining to or affected by albinism Synonyms: albinic , albinistic , albinotic
12. Many Albino people prefer to be called a "person with albinism".
13. Albinal, albinotic, albinic, albinistic adjective of or pertaining to or affected by albinism How to pronounce Albinal?
14. Welcoming the observance by civil society actors of 13 June as International Albinism Awareness Day,
15. When this protein is defective, no melanin can be generated resulting in certain types of albinism.
16. Of or pertaining to or affected by albinism Familiarity information: Albinal used as an adjective is very rare.
17. In spite of albinism being one of the visual impairments which has been known for over a century, it has only been known for a few decades that albinism is correlated to severe cerebral morphological developmental alterations.
18. These observations are contrary to those which have been found in other achromic lesions (vitiligo, albinism...).
19. And very shortly after my birth, my parents found out I had a condition called ocular albinism.
20. whereas albinism is a congenital disorder affecting about one in 20 000 people worldwide; whereas this rate is much higher in sub-Saharan countries, with Tanzania, Malawi and Burundi having one of the highest concentrations of persons with albinism (PWA);
21. UNCT stated that persons with albinism not only faced stigma and discrimination, but also the threat of violence and death.
22. The Committee is concerned about reports that persons with albinism continue to be exposed to discrimination and negative stereotyping.
23. The murder of this innocent child is part of a deeply disturbing pattern of disappearances and killings of people with albinism in Malawi
24. Five persons with albinism were mutilated and killed from December # to March # bringing to # the number of albinos killed since August
25. Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the ENF Group, on the situation of people with albinism in Malawi and other African countries (B8-0562/2017).
26. 136.22 Provide financial and structural support to civil society organisations to conduct awareness-raising campaigns against the discrimination of persons with albinism (Haiti);
27. Albino lab animals, like the BALB/c mouse are inbred to make litters genetically similar; albinism is a side effect [source: Faletra ]
28. It is deeply worrying that there’s poor security for people with albinism in Malawi despite an increasing number of attacks against them
29. The Albino Association of Kenya says that 90% of people with albinism in that country are raised by single mothers as a result
30. Various human rights mechanisms, notably the Human Rights Council, including the universal periodic review and treaty monitoring bodies have addressed the situation of persons with albinism.
31. Albication is the complete repression of colour caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, and iron deficiency leading to albinism or whitening of leaf tissue
32. The specimen has also been described as "partially albinistic" at times, though true albinism (lack of the enzyme tyrosinase) can by definition never only be partial.
33. In its resolution 24/33, the Human Rights Council underscored the need for effective action to combat and eliminate attacks against persons with albinism and to adopt specific measures to protect and preserve the rights to life and to security of persons with albinism, as well as their right not to be subject to torture and ill-treatment.
34. Allelomorphs which segregate independently of the pair, color and albinism (as is the case in mice and rabbits), these two crosses must give identical results
35. This condition is caused by a lack of pigment (colour) in their hair, eyes, and skin.A person or animal with albinism is called an Albino
36. In some communities, certain incidents of violence reflect harmful beliefs towards particularly marginalized girls, including those with disabilities or albinism, who may be accused of witchcraft.
37. Even people with albinism are being reached to sensitise them on skills that they can use to protect themselves, and to alert others when faced with danger.
38. Cystinosis; Homocystinuria (main symptom ectopia lentis); Mucopoly-saccharidoses (classical forms, special forms); Lipidoses (Tay-Sachs, Niemann-Pick, Gaucher, Fabry, Sulfatidosis, Refsum, essential hypercholesterinemia); Albinism, Alcaptonuria, Porphyria, Hypophosphatasia; Wilson’s disease.
39. In a representative group of 506 persons with oculocutaneous and ocular albinism who are in care at the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Saarland (UKS), we present a staging of morphological findings of the iris, retinal pigment epithelium and macula, and of the optic nerve head which has been in use for 10 years. Albinism may present with a remarkably mild ocular phenotype and a near to normal functional phenotype.
40. Albino A person or animal lacking normal coloring in the eyes, hair, and skin due to a hereditary inability to produce the skin pigment melanin. The condition itself is called albinism.
41. Albino - a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection
42. A total of 88 children with different causes of visual impairment e.g. albinism, retinal scars, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), achromatopsia and optic atrophy etc., were included in this longitudinal study.
43. Taking note of the preliminary report on persons with albinism submitted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-fourth session,
44. All reports of crimes against people with albinism should be revisited, and thoroughly, impartially, independently and transparently investigated and suspected perpetrators brought to justice, in particular cases of people found with human bones.
45. Conclusion: Differential diagnosis includes all diseases associated with congenital nystagm, such as aniridia, diseases of the optic nerve, albinism and all forms of hereditary cone dysfunction, cone dystrophies and complete and incomplete congenital stationary monochromatism.
46. whereas the greatest threat to persons with albinism in the majority of Africa is posed by misleading and superstitious beliefs regarding the condition; whereas the false association between albinism and magical powers poses the most severe threat to PWAs; whereas such myths motivate violence and the trafficking of their body parts to bring luck, health and fortune; whereas PWA women are subjected to rape, owing to the misconception that sexual intercourse with them can cure HIV/AIDS;
47. Albino m (plural Albinos, feminine albina, feminine plural albinas) albino: person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism; References ^ “
48. Recalling the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and the need for persons with albinism to be guaranteed the full enjoyment of their rights and freedoms without discrimination,
49. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has identified and prioritized prosecution of attacks and killings of person with albinism in 8 prevalent regions in Tanzania Mainland being; Simiyu, Geita, Mwanza, Tabora, Shinyanga, Kagera, Kigoma and Mara.
50. As you may already know, Albinism is a rare condition which results in the absence of pigment in hair, eyes, and skin. However, it's not only the appearance, though, the Albinos often suffer from vision problems and sometimes even blindness