Meaning of melanoderm | Babel Free

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A person with dark skin.

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“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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