pigmentary

American  

[pig-muhn-ter-ee] / ˈpɪg mənˌtɛr i /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of pigmentary

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

Example Sentences

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

In every case of pigmentary disturbance, then, the individual must be carefully studied and as far as possible all emotional disturbance must be eliminated.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Melanō′sis, an abnormal deposition of pigmentary matter in such organs as the spleen, liver, &c.: the condition of the system associated with such, black degeneration.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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 Ellis, Havelock

Furth and Hugo Schneider showed that a tyrosinase could be obtained from the blood of certain insects, and, acting upon a chromogen present in the blood, converted it into a pigmentary substance of melanin-like nature.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg