chromatosis noun3 •Pigmentation, especially unusual pigmentation of human or animal tissue.[…]“chromatoses corii,” which stands for transudations of coloring matters, and includes the suborders melasmata, dermatocholoses and heterochromatoses,[…] — 1887 •Pigmentation of tissue that normally is not pigmented. •Excessive pigmentation of tissue that normally is pigmented. formschromatoses