To remove pigmentation from skin or tissue; a variant form of depigment with Latin-influenced conjugation.
From de- (remove) + pigment + -ate (Latin verb ending). This represents a more formally Latinized version of 'depigment,' with -ate functioning as a verb-forming suffix common in medical and scientific terminology.
Medical terminology often gives you multiple versions of the same word—'depigment,' 'depigmentate,' 'depigmentize'—all meaning essentially the same thing. Doctors might use whichever sounds most formal for their specific context.
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