Organism Attribute
pigmentation Audio
pig·men·ta·tion [ pig-muhn-tey-shuhn ]
Subclass of:
Physical Examination
Definitions related to pigmentation:
  • (pigment) Accumulation of exogenous or endogenous colored material within an organ, tissue or cell. (INHAND)
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Coloration or discoloration of a part by a pigment.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Pigmentation; the coloring of the skin, hair, mucous membranes, and retina of the eye.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The accumulation of pigment in an organism, tissue or cell, either by increased deposition or by increased number of cells.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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