Definition of Pigmented. Meaning of Pigmented. Synonyms of Pigmented

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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...
- A respiratory pigment is a metalloprotein that serves a variety of important functions, its main being O2 transport. Other functions performed include...
- Pigmented purpuric dermatosis refers to one of the three major classes of skin conditions characterized by purpuric skin eruptions. Pigmented purpuric...
- The pigmented layer of retina or retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is the pigmented cell layer just outside the neurosensory retina that nourishes retinal...
- Blue pigments are natural or synthetic materials, traditionally made from minerals, Being water-insoluble by definition, blue pigments used to make the...
- its own pigmented structural gl****, which it called "Carrara gl****". The same year, the Penn-American Plate Company began making a pigmented structural...
- coloration. Some animals including fish, amphibians and cephalopods use pigmented chromatop****s to provide camouflage that varies to match the background...
- most frequently in the fingers. Diffuse TGCT (D-TGCT) — also called pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS)— is a rare tumor that presents as a proliferative...
- Green pigments are the materials used to create the green colors seen in painting and the other arts. At one time, such pigments came from minerals, particularly...
- A photosynthetic pigment (accessory pigment; chloroplast pigment; antenna pigment) is a pigment that is present in chloroplasts or photosynthetic bacteria...