-chromasiacomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin; qpparently partly modelled on a German lexical item. Etymon: Latin -chromasia.

Etymology: < scientific Latin -chromasia (in e.g. hyperchromasia hyperchromasia n.; < ancient Greek χρώματ- , χρῶμα colour (see chrome n.) + -ία -ia suffix¹: see -sy suffix¹), apparently partly after German -chromasie (early 19th cent. with reference to colours more generally in Hyperchromasie (see hyperchromasia n.), Achromasie). Compare French -chromasie (apparently rare; in metachromasie, perhaps after German). Compare also French -chromie (in e.g. achromie, hyperchromie (late 19th cent.)).Occasional formations are found from at least the late 19th cent., e.g. hyperchromasia n., metachromasia n.

Medicine.

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Forming nouns denoting conditions affecting the colour or staining of tissues or cells, of the type specified by the first element, as hyperchromasia n., metachromasia n., etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-chromasia
释义	-chromasiacomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Latin; qpparently partly modelled on a German lexical item. Etymon: Latin -chromasia. Etymology: < scientific Latin -chromasia (in e.g. hyperchromasia hyperchromasia n.; < ancient Greek χρώματ- , χρῶμα colour (see chrome n.) + -ία -ia suffix¹: see -sy suffix¹), apparently partly after German -chromasie (early 19th cent. with reference to colours more generally in Hyperchromasie (see hyperchromasia n.), Achromasie). Compare French -chromasie (apparently rare; in metachromasie, perhaps after German). Compare also French -chromie (in e.g. achromie, hyperchromie (late 19th cent.)).Occasional formations are found from at least the late 19th cent., e.g. hyperchromasia n., metachromasia n. Medicine. Categories » Forming nouns denoting conditions affecting the colour or staining of tissues or cells, of the type specified by the first element, as hyperchromasia n., metachromasia n., etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form
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