Definition of Pigmented. Meaning of Pigmented. Synonyms of Pigmented

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Pigmented. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Pigmented and, of course, Pigmented synonyms and on the right images related to the word Pigmented.

Definition of Pigmented

Pigmented
Pigmented Pig"ment*ed, a. Colored; specifically (Biol.), filled or imbued with pigment; as, pigmented epithelial cells; pigmented granules.
Pigment
Pigment Pig"ment, n. [L. pigmentum, fr. the root of pingere to paint: cf. F. pigment. See Paint, and cf. Pimento, Orpiment.] 1. Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle. 2. (Physiol.) Any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc. 3. Wine flavored with species and honey. --Sir W. Scott. Pigment cell (Physiol.), a small cell containing coloring matter, as the pigmented epithelial cells of the choroid and iris, or the pigmented connective tissue cells in the skin of fishes, reptiles, etc.

Meaning of Pigmented from wikipedia

- A pigment is a powder used to add color or change visual appearance. Pigments are completely or nearly insoluble and chemically unreactive in water or...
- Earth pigments are naturally occurring minerals that have been used since prehistoric times as pigments. Among the primary types of earth pigments include...
- A respiratory pigment is a metalloprotein that serves a variety of important functions, its main being O2 transport. Other functions performed include...
- A photosynthetic pigment (accessory pigment; chloroplast pigment; antenna pigment) is a pigment that is present in chloroplasts or photosynthetic bacteria...
- coloration. Some animals including fish, amphibians and cephalopods use pigmented chromatop****s to provide camouflage that varies to match the background...
- raw material of the earliest blue pigment was lapis lazuli from mines in Afghanistan, that was refined into the pigment ultramarine. Since the late 18th...
- Pigmented purpuric dermatosis refers to one of the three major classes of skin conditions characterized by purpuric skin eruptions. Pigmented purpuric...
- Fugitive pigments are impermanent pigments that lighten, darken, or otherwise change in appearance or physicality over time when exposed to environmental...
- characteristics of cadmium pigments." This statement was also included in Golden's response to KEMI's request for information on cadmium-pigmented artists’ paints...
- The pigmented layer of retina or retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is the pigmented cell layer just outside the neurosensory retina that nourishes retinal...