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nouncoloration of living tissues by pigmentOpposite:type of:
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nounthe deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beingstype of:
Definition that contains pigmentation
- brunette marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes
- tanning process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light
- brunet marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes
- depigmentation absence or loss of pigmentation (or less than normal pigmentation) in the skin or hair
- albinism the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair
- unpigmented having no pigmentation
- melanocyte-stimulating hormone a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes
- achromia an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells
- msh a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes
- choroid a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye