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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as pigmental.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to pigment.

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Examples

  • You haven't been this pale since, like, February, she says, poking a little fun at the difficulty I seem to have in maintaining any kind of darker pigmentary coloration in the winter.

    Things You Can Do, Some Can't Be Done Joseph M. Owens 2011

  • Eye anomalies (cataract, developmental defects, and pigmentary changes of the retinal epithelium)

    Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome 2010

  • As I understand it, at least in some cases, the birthmarks become fragile, bleeding-prone areas, not just a pigmentary discoloration (especially in softer facial tissue like cheeks, rather than on a forehead).

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Health Insurance Mandates 2009

  • Some children also experience retinal pigmentary (color) changes.

    The Eyes and Alagille Syndrome 2009

  • According to a sentence in the “Food Factors” box on page 273 in the book titled, Healing with Vitamins (Rodale Health Books), “As a result, these lower-quality proteins seem to be contributing to restricted fluid movement in the eyes and the development of pigmentary glaucoma.”

    What foods, minerals, vitamins, and fatty acids help your eyes? 2009

  • Pulsed light, by combining wavelengths, heats and destroys pigmentary changes -- including the flushing associated with the skin condition rosacea.

    Wrinkles? No. Blotches? Yes. 2007

  • Pulsed light, by combining wavelengths, heats and destroys pigmentary changes.

    Today's WSJ in Photos: Oct. 30, 2007 2007

  • Then in the case of excisions you have all kinds of secondary changes, pigmentary disturbances, modifications of the passions, alterations in the secretion of fatty tissue.

    The Island of Doctor Moreau Herbert George 2006

  • Whiteness, he suggested, ‘is in a pigmentary sense aristocratic’, and is the proper colour for a gentleman.

    John Carey: The Intellectuals and the Masses Michael Allen 2005

  • We achieved some modest results in terms of pigmentary changes, but I don't want to mislead anybody for pigmentary changes, you have to go deeper.

    CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2005 2005

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