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–noun

1.	coloration, esp. of the skin.

2.	Biology. coloration with or deposition of pigment.

[Origin: 1865–70; < LL pigmentāt(us) painted, colored (see pigment, -ate¹) + -ion

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pig·men·ta·tion Audio Help (pĭg'mən-tā'shən) Pronunciation Key
n. Biology

Coloration of tissues by pigment.
Deposition of pigment by cells.

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pigmentation
noun
1.	the deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings
2.	coloration of living tissues by pigment [ant: depigmentation]

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ˌpigmenˈtation noun

colouring (of skin etc)
Example: Some illnesses cause a loss of pigmentation.

Arabic:	تَخَضُّب، تَلَوُّن
Chinese (Simplified):	色素沉着
Chinese (Traditional):	色素沉著
Czech:	pigmentace
Danish:	pigmentering
Dutch:	kleuring
Estonian:	pigmentatsioon
Finnish:	pigmentinmuodostus
French:	pigmentation
German:	die Pigmentierung
Greek:	χρωματισμός του δέρματος
Hungarian:	(el)színeződés
Icelandic:	litarháttur
Indonesian:	pewarnaan
Italian:	pigmentazione

Japanese:	色
Korean:	피부의 색
Latvian:	pigmentācija
Lithuanian:	pigmentacija
Norwegian:	farge, pigmentering
Polish:	pigmentacja
Portuguese (Brazil):	pigmentação
Portuguese (Portugal):	pigmentação
Romanian:	pigmentare
Russian:	пигментация
Slovak:	pigmentácia
Slovenian:	pigmentacija
Spanish:	pigmentación
Swedish:	pigmentering
Turkish:	renklenme