piebaldismn.
/ˈpʌɪbɔːldɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpaɪˌbɔlˌdɪz(ə)m/, /ˈpaɪˌbɑlˌdɪz(ə)m/ The condition of being piebald; spec. (Medicine) an inherited (autosomal dominant) condition characterized by a white forelock and reduced or absent pigmentation of the middle part of the face and the ventral surfaces of the body and limbs.
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variety1555
piedness1588
variegation1646
variegatedness1668
motleyness1819
chequering1847
mackereling1866
sparkiness1868
piebaldness1875
particolouring1880
piebaldism1881
piebalding1886
1881 Standard 8 Sept. 5/3 Domestication tends to produce irregular colour, or what is commonly called piebaldism.
1901 Bulletin (Sydney) 20 July 15/2 Piebaldism in North Queensland. A sugar-planter has a half-caste illegitimate son, whose mother is an aboriginal gin.
1912 Times 12 Dec. 13/3 Heredity of piebaldism and of albinism in man.
1986 Jrnl. Investigative Dermatol. 87 299 This vitiligo mouse has congenital dorsal and ventral white spots (piebaldism).
2004 Clin. Genetics 65 384 The first case is a young woman with congenital sensorineural hearing loss and a family history of piebaldism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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