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People with albinism

LC control no.sh2022007318
Topical headingPeople with albinism
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Variant(s)Albinos and albinism
See alsoPersons
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Found inWork cat: Birdsong, Destiny O. Nobody's magic, 2022: (novel about three Black women with albinism) p. 353, acknowledgments (people with albinism)
National Organization of Albinism and Hypopigmentation (NOAH) website, Sept. 9, 2022: Information bulletin -- what do you call me? (Although there are many people with albinism who are at peace with the term albino, when dealing with any condition, it is best to put the person first. For instance, say, "a person with albinism" rather than "an albino" or "an albino person." The rationale for this person-centered language is to do just that: put the person ahead of the condition. When a person is referred to as an albino, he or she is essentially being reduced to and defined by nothing more than their condition. It's as though the world looks at that person and sees only the condition of albinism. In this way, it can feel like a dehumanizing label.)
Africa Albinism Network website, Sept 20, 2022: homepage (persons with albinism)
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. People with albinism website, Sept. 20, 2022: About albinism (the term "person with albinism" is preferred to "albino," which is often used in a derogatory way)
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Albinism

LC control no.sh2022007320
LC classificationGN199 Anthropology
RL790 Dermatology
Topical headingAlbinism
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Variant(s)Albinos and albinism
See alsoPigmentation disorders
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Found inWork cat: Imafidon, Elvis. African philosophy and otherness of albinism, 2019
MeSH online, Sept. 2, 2022 (albinism: general term for a number of inherited defects of amino acid metabolism in which there is a deficiency or absence of pigment in the eyes, skin, or hair)
WebMD, Sept. 20, 2022 (Albinism is when you're born with little or no pigment in your hair, eyes, and skin. The missing pigment is called melanin. Albinism usually makes your coloring lighter than is typical for your family or ethnic background)
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Albinism in animals

LC control no.sh2022007353
Topical headingAlbinism in animals
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Variant(s)Albinos and albinism
See alsoPigmentation disorders in animals
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Found inWork cat: Recent instances of albinism in North American amphibians and reptiles, 1981
A dictionary of zoology, 2020, online via Oxford Reference, Sep. 20, 2022 (albinism; In animals, the heritable condition observed as the inability to form melanin in the hair, skin, or vascular coat of the eyes. It is due to a deficiency in the enzyme tyrosinase, and is usually inherited as an autosomal recessive gene (i.e. a recessive gene on a chromosome other than a sex chromosome in the cell nucleus))
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