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pigmentation

[ pig-muhn-tey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. coloration, especially of the skin.
  2. Biology. coloration with or deposition of pigment.


pigmentation

/ ËŒ±èɪɡ³¾É™²Ôˈ³Ù±ðɪʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. coloration in plants, animals, or man caused by the presence of pigments
  2. the deposition of pigment in animals, plants, or man
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pigmentation1

1865–70; < Late Latin ±è¾±²µ³¾±ð²Ô³ÙÄå³Ù ( us ) painted, colored ( pigment, -ate 1 ) + -ion
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Nasal tanners are designed to be sprayed into the nostrils and claim to work by administering a substance known as Melanotan II, a chemical that darkens skin pigmentation.

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Immediately ostracized by the students for her green pigmentation, Elphaba explodes with fury when her sister is abruptly removed from her care.

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After consulting her dermatologist, Simpson-Einziger was diagnosed with a temporary fungal infection called Tinea versicolor, which can lighten or darken skin pigmentation as a result of humidity.

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One of them, for example, is responsible for the pigmentation of the maggots' teeth, while another is responsible for the formation of the striped pattern on the fly's abdomen.

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She has spoken in the past about how she was seen as a "devil's child" in the orphanage because she suffered from vitiligo, a condition in which patches of skin lose pigmentation.

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