hyperchromia Med.
(haɪpəˈkrəʊmɪə)
[f. as next + -ia1.]
A hyperchromic condition of the blood or of an erythrocyte (see hyperchromic a. 1).
| 1931 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. CLXXXII. 521 There might be two types of pernicious anemia—the megaloblastic, associated with macrocytosis and hyperchromia, and the erythroblastic, associated with microcytosis and hypochromia. 1935 Whitby & Britton Disorders of Blood iii. 49 Hyperchromia is inevitably associated with macrocytosis. 1958 G. C. de Gruchy Clin. Haematol. ii. 43 Because it is now customary to describe the haemoglobin content of cells in terms of concentration rather than absolute amount, the term hyperchromia is best avoided. |