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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hereditary degenerative disease of the retina, characterized by night blindness, pigmentary changes within the retina, and eventual loss of vision.
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin pigmentōsa, feminine of pigmentōsus, pigmented.]
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