pigmentary

[ pig-muhn-ter-ee ]

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, having, or producing pigment.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pigmentary¹

1425–75; late Middle English: a dyer < Latin pigmentārius. See pigment, -ary

Example Sentences

Circumscribed pigmentary deposits and seborrhœa, with degeneration, are also noted.

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Thence result the formation of coagula in the congested vessels and deposits of pigmentary matter.

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Erythematous, erythemato-papular; exceptionally, herpetic, and pigmentary.

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One unquestionable cause of this kind comes into action in regard to pigmentary selection.

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In the white 296 races, the pigmentary tint is extremely slight, and less in winter than in the summer season.

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