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pigmentation [ pig-muh n-tey -shuh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌpɪg mənˈteɪ ʃən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun
coloration, especially of the skin.
Biology . coloration with or deposition of pigment .
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Origin of pigmentation 1865–70; <Late Latin
pigmentāt (
us ) painted, colored (see
pigment ,
-ate1 ) +
-ion
OTHER WORDS FROM pigmentation hy·per·pig·men·ta·tion, noun
Words nearby pigmentation piglet ,
pigling ,
pigmeat ,
pigment ,
pigmentary ,
pigmentation ,
Pigmy ,
pignoli ,
pignon ,
pignus ,
pignut
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Words related to pigmentation glow ,
hue ,
intensity ,
paint ,
coloring ,
skin ,
texture ,
tinge ,
tint ,
blemish ,
blotch ,
mole ,
coloration ,
complexion ,
blush ,
cast ,
chroma ,
chromaticity ,
chromatism ,
dye
How to use pigmentation in a sentence 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.
The sickliest moon-grown plants were tiny and had purplish pigmentation — a red flag for plant stress.
In both cases, ornithologists speculated that there could be faulty wiring in the genes that control the birds’ pigmentation .
It is most active during the hot weather, the inflammation subsiding in the winter, leaving a pigmentation of the skin.
It is worry in combination with the physical disturbance that produces the pigmentation .
Blueskins were people who inherited a splotchy skin-pigmentation from other people who'd survived a plague.
From the continued irritation and scratching more or less pigmentation results.
New papules may appear from time to time, the older lesions disappearing and leaving persistent reddish or brownish pigmentation .
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British Dictionary definitions for pigmentation
noun
coloration in plants, animals, or man caused by the presence of pigments
the deposition of pigment in animals, plants, or man
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