Pigmentation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pigmentation is a noun meaning Coloration of human, plant or animal tissue, especially by pigment.
Meaning
Coloration of human, plant or animal tissue, especially by pigment.
Example Sentences
It may hence be assumed that this apparently capillary pigmentation should be ascribed merely to an accumulation of pigment-molecules towards one side of the hepatic cells.
In order to help understand the pigmentary changes which occur throughout the aging process and in the management of aging skin, it is necessary to examine how pigmentation varies among different ethnicities.
The neoplasm which, since the time of Laennec, is known by the designation Melanosis, is to be carefully distinguished from this pigmentation of the ordinary structures of the lung, which has been designated Anthracosis.
Word Forms
- pigmentations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pigment, colouring, colouration, color, hue, coloration.
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