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e of being colored. Bacon. The females . . . resemble each other in their general type of coloration. Darwin.

The removal or absence of color. Ferrand.

The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance. Darwin.

A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.…

An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever. Dunglison.

Any small spot or discoloration.

A trace, dot, line, imprint, or discoloration, although not regarded as a token or sign; a scratch, scar, stain, etc.; as, this pencil makes a fine mark. I have some marks of yours upon my pate. Shak.

A dark discoloration of the skin, usually local; as, Addison's melasma, or Addison's disease. -- Me*las"mic, a.

Pattern of coloration.

ters of a mineral observed by the use of the blowpipe, as the degree of fusibility, flame coloration, etc.

A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth. Shak.

A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like. Cruelty marked him with inglorious stripes. Thomson.

The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan.

Abnormal coloration of feathers in which yellow replaces the normal color, as in certain parrots. It is commonly due to lack of the dark pigment which with yellow forms green.

The yellow discoloration often observed in cancerous tumors.