pigmentary
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pigmentary
1425–75; late Middle English: a dyer < Latin pigmentārius. See pigment, -ary
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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
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
It is the result of the too great intensity of the light incident upon the retina, and which in normal eyeballs is adequately diminished by the absorptive power of the pigmentary material.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
On the inner surface of the skin, except in the portions coloured black, we observe a pigmentary layer, a coating here red, there yellow or white.
From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
One unquestionable cause of this kind comes into action in regard to pigmentary selection.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Havelock Ellis
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