Dyspigmented

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Badly or wrongly pigmented.

    "On examination a solitary nodule, which used to bleed on slightest trauma, was seen over an area of atrophic looking dyspigmented 8 × 10 cm plaque, situated in the interscapular region."

Example

More examples

"On examination a solitary nodule, which used to bleed on slightest trauma, was seen over an area of atrophic looking dyspigmented 8 × 10 cm plaque, situated in the interscapular region."

Etymology

From dys- + pigmented.

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