Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Devoid of pigment.
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- adjective Not
pigmented .
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- adjective having no pigmentation
Etymologies
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Examples
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Even when I frequented a clinic for radiation treatments to stabilize my vitiligo—a skin disease characterized by unpigmented areas of skin—Buddha would always accompany me on the bus.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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Even when I frequented a clinic for radiation treatments to stabilize my vitiligo—a skin disease characterized by unpigmented areas of skin—Buddha would always accompany me on the bus.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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Even when I frequented a clinic for radiation treatments to stabilize my vitiligo—a skin disease characterized by unpigmented areas of skin—Buddha would always accompany me on the bus.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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Even when I frequented a clinic for radiation treatments to stabilize my vitiligo—a skin disease characterized by unpigmented areas of skin—Buddha would always accompany me on the bus.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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We have seen 2 types of beautiful unpainted/unpigmented stucco ...
unfinished stucco 2007
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The new species is highly adapted to hypogean life with very obvious troglobiomorphic features: unpigmented cuticle, an extraordinary lengthening of thorax and appendixes, multiplication of antennomeres and supernumerary placoid sensilla, not just in the apical antennomere but also in the preceding antennomeres.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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In an experiment with enhanced UV-B radiation levels (0.5 Watts/square meter (W/m2) in the 300 to 320 nanometer (nm) band for 12 to 14 hours per day, approximately equivalent to clear sky summer conditions in southern Norway) the unpigmented '' O. groenlandicus '' experienced 100% mortality within one week, while the heavily pigmented '' H. viatica '' was not affected.
Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation 2009
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'' O. groenlandicus '' is a soil-dwelling, unpigmented species.
Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation 2009
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But over time, the stem cells go missing from hair follicles, leaving people with unpigmented, white hair.
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Unlike the unpigmented nominal form with its skin-covered eyes, P.a. parkelj (presently known only from Bela Krajina in SE Slovenia) is dark brown or black and has externally visible (albeit small) eyes.
Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006
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