PIGMENTATION - Definition

Pronunciation:		`pigmun'teyshun
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] coloration of living tissues by pigment [n] the deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings

	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.