| CHROMAFFIN | • chromaffin adj. (Cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts. • CHROMAFFIN adj. staining deeply with chromium salts. |
| CHROMAKEYS | • chromakeys v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chromakey. • CHROMAKEY n. a special television effect by which a coloured background can be removed from a picture and a different one substituted. |
| CHROMATICS | • chromatics n. (Music) Chromatic harmonies or notes. • chromatics n. (Optics) The science of colours; the branch of optics that deals with the properties of colours. • CHROMATICS n. the science of colors; that part of optics which treats of the properties of colors. |
| CHROMATIDS | • chromatids n. Plural of chromatid. • CHROMATID n. one of the two threadlike structures formed by the longitudinal division of a chromosome. |
| CHROMATINS | • chromatins n. Plural of chromatin. • CHROMATIN n. a protein/DNA complex making the chromosome. |
| CHROMATIST | • chromatist n. A person whose speciality is chromatics. • CHROMATIST n. one who studies chromatics, the science of color. |
| CHROMATOID | • chromatoid adj. Resembling chromatin. • chromatoid n. (Cytology) The part of a nucleus comprising DNA and proteins where chromosomes are formed. • CHROMATOID adj. relating to chromatin, a protein/DNA complex making the chromosome. |
| CHROMATYPE | • chromatype n. Alternative form of chromotype. • CHROMATYPE n. a colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium. |
| CHROMIDIUM | • chromidium n. A granule of extranuclear chromatin in the cytoplasm of a cell. • CHROMIDIUM n. an algal cell in a lichen. |
| CHROMISING | • chromising v. Present participle of chromise. • CHROMISE v. to chrome, also CHROMIZE. |
| CHROMIZING | • chromizing v. Present participle of chromize. • CHROMIZE v. to chrome, also CHROMISE. |
| CHROMOGENS | • chromogens n. Plural of chromogen. • CHROMOGEN n. a substance which can be converted to a dyestuff by the introduction of a polar group. |
| CHROMOGRAM | • CHROMOGRAM n. a combination of photographs in different colours. |
| CHROMOLIES | • CHROMOLY n. a steel alloy of chromium and molybdenum. |
| CHROMOMERE | • chromomere n. (Genetics) Any of a group of beadlike granules of chromatin that constitutes a chromosome during cell division. • CHROMOMERE n. one of the characteristic granules of chromatin that appear on a chromosome during meiosis. |
| CHROMONEMA | • chromonema n. (Genetics) The central coiled filament of a chromatid upon which the chromomeres lie. • CHROMONEMA n. the coiled filamentous core of a chromatid. |
| CHROMOPHIL | • chromophil n. Alternative form of chromophile. • CHROMOPHIL n. a cell that takes a stain easily, also CHROMOPHILIC. |
| CHROMOSOME | • chromosome n. (Cytology, genetics) A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone… • CHROMOSOME n. a threadlike body containing the genetic material in the cell nucleus. |
| CHROMOTYPE | • chromotype n. (Historical) A sheet printed in colour by any process, such as a chromolithograph. • chromotype n. (Historical) A photographic picture in the natural colours. • CHROMOTYPE n. a sheet printed in colors by any process, as a chromolithograph. |