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chromato-
chromato- (ˈkrəʊmətəʊ) Before a vowel chromat-. Combining form of Gr. χρῶµα colour, as in ˈchromatochyme Biol. [chyme], an aggregate of pigment-cells; chromaˈtocracy nonce-wd., a ruling class of a particular colour, e.g. of white men; ˈchromatocyte Biol. [-cyte], a pigment-cell; chromaˈtogenous a. P...
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chromatoid
chromatoid, a. Biol. (ˈkrəʊmətɔɪd) [f. chromato- + -oid.] Capable of receiving a stain: said of certain grains or granules.1901 G. N. Calkins Protozoa 144 The so-called chromatoid granules. 1912 E. A. Minchin Protozoa 289 Many trypanosomes contain granules in their cytoplasm which stain similarly to...
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chromatophore
chromatophore (ˈkrəʊmətəfɔə(r)) Also -phor. [f. chromato- + Gr. -ϕορος bearing, bearer.] 1. Physiol. A pigment-cell, possessing contractile processes, contained in the skin of many animals. Esp. applied to those of the Cephalopoda, which by their contraction and change of shape cause a change of col...
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chromatometer
chromatometer (krəʊməˈtɒmɪtə(r)) [f. chromato- + -meter.] A measure or scale of colours.1835 Henslow Descr. & Phys. Bot. 200 These may be arranged in a diagram termed a Chromatometer. 1858 Whewell Hist. Sc. Ideas I. 341 (L.) And thus..the prismatic spectrum of sunlight became, for certain purposes, ...
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chromatosphere
chromatosphere Astron. (ˈkrəʊmətəsfɪə(r)) [f. chromato- + -sphere.] = chromosphere.1871 Proctor Light Sc. 97 The objectionable word chromosphere (for chromatosphere) should be replaced by sierra. 1879 Prof. Young in H. Warren Recr. Astron. v. 87 With some bright streamers low down near the chromatos...
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chromatology
chromatology (krəʊməˈtɒlədʒɪ) [f. chromato- + -logy.] The science of colours; the scientific investigation of colouring matters by spectrum analysis, and other modes of research.1846 in Worcester. 1881 Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v. Comparative Chromatology, the relationship between colouring matters as exhibi...
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chromo-
chromo- (ˈkrəʊməʊ) 1. Chem. Combining form of chromium, as in chromo-carbon, chromo-chloride, chromo-cyanotype, chromo-glucose, etc.1845 Year Bk. of Facts 234 To distinguish it from the cyanotype process of Sir John Herschell..Mr. Hunt proposed to call it Chromo-cyanotype. 1864 Reader 26 Mar. 393/3 ...
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chromatograph
▪ I. ˈchromatograph, v.1 nonce-wd. [f. chromato-, after photograph.] trans. To represent in colours.1860 O. W. Holmes Prof. Breakf.-t. viii, Having been photographed, and stereographed, and chromatographed, or done in colors.▪ II. ˈchromatograph, v.2 Chem. [Back-formation of chromatography]. To sepa...
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chromatography
chromatography (krəʊməˈtɒgrəfɪ) [f. chromato- + -graphy.] 1. Description of colours.1731 Bailey II, Chromatography, a treatise of colours; also the art of painting in colours. 1835 G. Field (title), Chromatography; or a Treatise on Colours and Pigments, and their powers in Painting. 2. Chem. [ad. G....
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hypochromatosis
hypochromatosis Cytology. (ˌhaɪpəʊkrəʊməˈtəʊsɪs) [mod.L., f. hypo- 4 + chromato-, chromatin + -osis.] An abnormally small amount of chromatin or number of chromosomes in a cell or nucleus.1913 [see hyperchromatosis 2]. 1919 Encycl. Medica (ed. 2) VI. 311 Hypochromatosis is a deficiency in chromatin—...
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hyperchromatosis
hyperchromatosis (ˌhaɪpəkrəʊməˈtəʊsɪs) [mod.L., f. hyper- 5 + chromato-, chromatin + -osis.] 1. Med. Excessive colouring or pigmentation, esp. of the skin.1886 Syd. Soc. Lex., Hyperchromatosis, Auspitz's term for an excessive deposit of pigment in the epidermis. 1919 Encycl. Medica (ed. 2) VI. 272 H...
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hæmo-
hæmo-, hemo- (hiːməʊ, hɛməʊ) before a vowel hæm-, hem- (hiːm, hɛm), repr. Gr. αἱµο-, shortened form of αἱµατο- hæmato-, combining form of αἷµα blood: cf. Gr. αἱµοπώτης = αἱµατοπώτης blood-drinker, αἱµορραγία hæmorrhage. Many words in hæmo- occur also in the fuller form hæmato-. Some of these words h...
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hyper-
hyper-, prefix (haɪpə(r)) repr. Gr. ὑπερ- (ὑπέρ prep. and adv., ‘over, beyond, over much, above measure’); in Gr. combined adverbially with verbs, in the local sense ‘over, above, beyond’, as ὑπερβαίνειν to step over, overstep, cross, ὑπερβάλλειν to throw over or beyond; and hence in the adjectives ...
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