What does HYPERPIGMENTED mean?

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Answer 1

It means you're pigmented too much in a certain area. In a little blotch on my leg, it looks like I have a freckly bruise, but it's really a hyperpigmented patch of my leg.

Answer 2

Overly coloured

hyper = overly

pigment =
1. Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified colouring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.

2. Any one of the coloured substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc.

3. Wine flavored with species and honey.

Pigment cell, a small cell containing colouring matter, as the pigmented epithelial cells of the choroid and iris, or the pigmented connective tissue cells in the skin of fishes, reptiles, etc.

Origin: L. Pigmentum, fr. The root of pingere to paint: cf. F. Pigment. See Paint, and cf. Pimento, Orpiment.

Source: Websters Dictionary

(01 Mar 1998)

Answer 3

Main Entry: hyper-
Function: prefix
Etymology: Latin hyper-, from Greek, from hyper -- more at OVER
1 : above : beyond : SUPER-
2 a : excessively b : excessive
3 : that is or exists in a space of more than three dimensions
4 : bridging points within an entity (as a database or network) nonsequentially
Main Entry: 2pig·ment
Pronunciation: -"ment, -m&nt
Function: transitive verb
: to color with or as if with pigment

Answer 4

Having an excess of coloring.

Hyper -above, excess, more, an abundance of
Pigment - color, dye, usually naturally occurring colors, like those in skin and plants. Chlorophyll and carotenoids are pigments.

Answer 5

pigment is color. Hyper is high or over active. So I would say high color.

Answer 6

means higly colored or extremely dark if in reference to skin tone.