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Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

Date: 1700-1800
Language: Portuguese
Origin: Spanish, from albo 'white'

albino

 noun
     
al‧bi‧no plural albinos [countable]
MI a person or animal with a genetic condition that makes their skin and hair very white and their eyes pink
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