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Definition of pigmentosum

"pigmentosum" is probably misspelled. Trying pigment instead Definition of pigment

1. pigment [ n ] dry coloring matter (especially an insoluble powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint etc)

Used in print:

(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)

Macrophages laden with brown pigment were seen in some of the alveoli , and the intima of some of the small arteries was thickened by fibrous_tissue .

Some liver cord cells contained vacuolated cytoplasm , while others had small amounts of brown hemosiderin pigment .

Synonyms pigment Related Terms coloring_material hemosiderin Payne's_gray iron_blue cadmium_yellow ivory_black cerulean_blue Hooker's_green titanium_dioxide cobalt_blue carotenoid earth_color mosaic_gold phycoerythrin chrome_yellow bister Indian_red zinc_white photopigment bacteriochlorophyll bole alizarin lake animal_pigment orange lake phycocyanin watercolor retinene chrome_green heme sepia ultramarine visual_purple Paris_green white_lead phycobilin porphyrin chlorophyll cupric_acetate paint

2. pigment [ v ] acquire pigment; become colored or imbued

Synonyms pigment Related Terms hue

3. pigment [ v ] color or dye with a pigment
Examples: "pigment a photograph"

Synonyms pigment Related Terms color color

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