pigmentaladj.
/pɪɡˈmɛntl/, U.S. /pɪɡˈmɛn(t)l/ Chiefly Biology and Medicine.
= pigmentary adj. 2.
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pigmentose1874
biochromic1944
1840 Times 9 Nov. 6/1 A similar pigmental apparatus of a red hue occurs in the red or American race.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 114 Atrophy and pigmental degeneration (as apart from pigmental infiltration).
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 525 The seasonal ‘pigmental changes in the blood’ go on as usual, for one of the tanagers..underwent a belated moult into the green winter plumage.
1995 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 260 200/1 These two methods of colour production may be combined with transparent scales, producing structural colour overlaying a base of pigmental scales.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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