Definition of Pigment

1. Verb. Acquire pigment; become colored or imbued.

Generic synonyms: Hue
Derivative terms: Pigmentation, Pigmentation

2. Noun. Dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.).

3. Verb. Color or dye with a pigment. "Pigment a photograph"

4. Noun. Any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color.

5. Noun. A substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating. "Artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"

Definition of Pigment

1. n. Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.

Definition of Pigment

1. Noun. (biology) Any color in plant or animal cells ¹

2. Noun. A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To add color or pigment to something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pigment

1. to add a coloring matter to [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Pigment

1. 1. Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified colouring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle. 2. Any one of the coloured substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc. 3. Wine flavored with species and honey. Pigment cell, a small cell containing colouring matter, as the pigmented epithelial cells of the choroid and iris, or the pigmented connective tissue cells in the skin of fishes, reptiles, etc. Origin: L. Pigmentum, fr. The root of pingere to paint: cf. F. Pigment. See Paint, and cf. Pimento, Orpiment. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigment

pighting
pightle
pightles
pights
pigless
piglet
piglets
piglike
pigling
piglings
pigmaean
pigman
pigmean
pigmeat
pigmeats
pigment (current term)
pigment cell
pigment cell of skin
pigment cells of iris
pigment cells of retina
pigment cirrhosis
pigment epitheliopathy
pigment epithelium
pigment epithelium of eye
pigment epithelium of optic retina
pigment induration of the lung
pigmentary
pigmentary cirrhosis
pigmentary glaucoma
pigmentary retinopathy

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