melanoderm

English

Etymology

From melano- +‎ -derm.

Noun

melanoderm (plural melanoderms)

1. A person with dark skin.
   • 1924, A[lfred] C[ort] Haddon, The Races of Man and Their Distribution, Cabridge: at the University Press, page 7:

     It is also admitted that these gradations in colour have a protective value; in the case of the melanoderms against the actinic rays of the sun and in that of the leucoderms against cold, since white is the best colour for keeping in the heat of the body.

   • 1942, Edgard Roquete Pinto, “Contributions to the Anthropology of Brazil”, in Proceedings of the Eighth American Scientific Congress, volume II, Washington, D.C., page 243:

     The Brazilian negroes—melanoderms—in general have 1 ^m,64 in height. The curve shows another point of density about 1 ^m,73. The cephalic index of our melanoderms was a surprise: 81, 84, brachycephalic.

   • 1955, Impact of Science on Society, pages 146–147:

     Dark-skinned peoples (melanoderms) are, as a rule, more resistant to this parasite than the fair-skinned peoples (leucoderms). […] In the case of malaria, we have already noted the differentiation between the leucoderms and melanoderms.

Coordinate terms

• leucoderm

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mélanoderme.

Adjective

melanoderm m or n (feminine singular melanodermă, masculine plural melanodermi, feminine and neuter plural melanoderme)

1. melanoderm

Declension

Declension of melanoderm

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	melanoderm		melanodermă	melanodermi	melanoderme
	definite	melanodermul		melanoderma	melanodermii	melanodermele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	melanoderm		melanoderme	melanodermi	melanoderme
	definite	melanodermului		melanodermei	melanodermilor	melanodermelor

References

• melanoderm in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN