pigmentary
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pigmentary
1425–75; late Middle English: a dyer < Latin pigmentārius. See pigment, -ary
Example Sentences
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His team re-simulated the Turing mechanism, this time accounting for how the valleys between lizard scales might impede the flow of signals between pigmentary cells of different colors.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2017
The defect was described as "optic atrophy associated with a pigmentary retinitis and choryditis" and "this condition," Dr. Penrose averred, "is one stated by the authorities to be due to the effects of consanguineous marriage."
From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe
Thence result the formation of coagula in the congested vessels and deposits of pigmentary matter.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The colour, however, is not generally an essential property of the mineral, but is due to the presence of foreign pigmentary matter, often in very small proportion and in some cases eluding determination.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
Duyse reports a case of extensive hypertrichosis of the back in a girl aged nine years; her teeth were normal; there was pigmentation of the back and numerous pigmentary nevi on the face.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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