Phrase Hound found 7 phrases and 22 compound words that contain pigment. The most common are listed below. Open pigment in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 7
- accessory pigmentAny non-chlorophyll pigment present in a chloroplast that helps to absorb light but sends all the energy to a chlorophyll.
- lake pigmentA pigment made by precipitating a dye with an inert binder, or mordant, usually a metallic salt.
- respiratory pigmentany of several coloured metal-containing protein pigments which combine reversibly with oxygen and which are found in the tissues of vertebrates and invertebrates and whose role is to transport oxygen
- bile pigmentAny of several bilins derived from porphyrin that are found in bile; principally bilirubin and biliverdin.
- fugitive pigmentAn impermanent pigment that lightens, darkens, or otherwise changes in appearance or physicality over time when exposed to environmental conditions.
- pigment dispersion syndromeAn eye disorder, caused by pigment cells sloughing off from the back of the iris and floating in the aqueous humour, that may lead to glaucoma.
- azo pigmentA synthetic dye similar in chemical structure to azo dyes, but lacking solubilizing groups.
Compound words 22
- cytopigmentAny pigment present in a biological cell
- biopigmentbiological pigment
- copigmentAn often colourless compound that affects the colour of a plant flower pigment.
- depigmentTo reduce pigmentation
- interpigmentBetween pigments
- lipopigmentA fluorescent pigment derived from a lipid
- nonpigmentAny substance that is not a pigment.
- pheopigmentAlternative form of phaeopigment: A non-photosynthetic pigment which is the degradation product of algal chlorophyll pigments. It is commonly formed during and after marine phytoplankton blooms.
- phytopigmentAny pigment that occurs naturally in a plant
- pigmentalOf or pertaining to pigment.