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hyperpigmentation

n. The darkening of an area of skin or nails, caused by increased melanin.

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hyperpigmentation

n. unusual darkening of the skin [ant: hypopigmentation]

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Hyperpigmentation

Hyperpigmentation is the darkening of an area of skin or nails caused by increased melanin.

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Anyway, basically, what a lab is going to be looking for is whether that hyperpigmentation is intracellular, as in melanocytes, which are the dark, pigmented cells that are much more concentrated in non-Caucasians, or intercellular.