pigmentation

[ pig-muhn-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. coloration, especially of the skin.
2. Biology. coloration with or deposition of pigment.

pigmentation

/ ˌpɪɡmənˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. coloration in plants, animals, or man caused by the presence of pigments
2. the deposition of pigment in animals, plants, or man

Other Words From

• hyper·pigmen·tation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pigmentation¹

1865–70; < Late Latin pigmentāt ( us ) painted, colored ( pigment, -ate ¹ ) + -ion

Example Sentences

For decades, traits that have been associated with racial categories, such as skin pigmentation and hair texture, have gone understudied or ignored among anthropologists, Lasisi says.

From Science News

The sickliest moon-grown plants were tiny and had purplish pigmentation — a red flag for plant stress.

From Science News

In both cases, ornithologists speculated that there could be faulty wiring in the genes that control the birds’ pigmentation.

From Popular-Science

It is most active during the hot weather, the inflammation subsiding in the winter, leaving a pigmentation of the skin.

From Project Gutenberg

It is worry in combination with the physical disturbance that produces the pigmentation.

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Blueskins were people who inherited a splotchy skin-pigmentation from other people who'd survived a plague.

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From the continued irritation and scratching more or less pigmentation results.

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New papules may appear from time to time, the older lesions disappearing and leaving persistent reddish or brownish pigmentation.

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Related Words

• coloration
• complexion
• glow
• hue
• tinge