pigmentation
[pig-muh n-tey-shuh n]
- coloration, especially of the skin.
- Biology. coloration with or deposition of pigment.
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Origin of pigmentation
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An accident of pigmentation, only that had brought him to this.
Grove of the UnbornLyn Venable
It calls it 'Pigmentation'—the 'pigmentation of the mature virgin.'
Too Old for DollsAnthony Mario Ludovici
The male Silky transmitted the pigmentation, but only to his daughters.
MendelismReginald Crundall Punnett
In the iris, the pigmentation assumes a particular character.
The Races of ManJoseph Deniker
The pigmentation of the body is not always so pronounced as in the Gorilla.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., MammaliaFrank Evers Beddard
pigmentation
- 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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pigmentation
(pĭg′mən-tā′shən)- Coloration of tissues by pigment.
- Deposition of pigment by cells.
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