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Meaning of PIGMENTATION

Pronunciation:  `pigmun'teyshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  coloration of living tissues by pigment
  2. [n]  the deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings
 
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 Antonyms: depigmentation
 
 See Also: chromatism, coloration, colouration, deposit, deposition, melanoderma

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pig`men*ta"tion\, n. (Physiol.)
A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring
matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.
 

 

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