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Definition of Pigmentation
1. Noun. The deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings.
2. Noun. Coloration of living tissues by pigment.
Specialized synonyms: Chromatism, Melanoderma
Antonyms: Depigmentation
Derivative terms: Pigment
Definition of Pigmentation
1. n. A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.
Definition of Pigmentation
1. Noun. Coloration of human, plant or animal tissue, especially by pigment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pigmentation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pigmentation
1. 1. The deposition of colouring matter, the colouration or discolouration of a part by pigment. 2. Colouration, especially abnormally increased colouration, by melanin. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigmentation
Literary usage of Pigmentation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"Sc. In the course of a pigmentation survey carried out by us in East Aberdeen-
shire in 1896 and 1807 we obtained the statistics of the surnames and ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1894)
"e The pigmentation of ... The occurrence of pigmentation in the ... As a rule,
the pigmentation in non-pregnant ..."
3. A Study of British Genius by Havelock Ellis (1904)
"IF we turn to a further anthropological character, pigmentation, or the colour of
... In classifying by pigmentation I have relied in the first place on the ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"At times such pigmentation is observed upon the iris and posterior surface of
... This pigmentation is not identical with the coarse light yellowish red and ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"SPECIAL ARTICLES ON THE NATURE OF THE pigmentation CHANGES FOLLOWING HYPOPHYSECTOMY
IN THE FROG LARVA IT has been shown by Smith1 and by Allen* that the ..."
6. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1906)
"DURING the eight years which I spent in Egypt, I was repeatedly struck by the
deep black pigmentation of parts of the central nervous system met with in the ..."
7. The Pathology and Treatment of Venereal Diseases by Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1883)
"Pressure dissipates the color during the early stages of an eruption, but finally
the pigmentation, which has been compared to "the lean of ham," to the ..."
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