metachrome
1 of 3noun
meta·chrome
: a metachromatic granule
metachrome
2 of 3adjective
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often capitalized
1
: being any of a series of mordant azo dyes
2
: relating to a one-bath method of dyeing by applying a chromium mordant and a dye simultaneously
metachrome
3 of 3transitive verb
"
: to dye by the metachrome method
Word History
Etymology
Noun
International Scientific Vocabulary meta- + -chrome (noun suffix); originally formed as French métachrome
Adjective
International Scientific Vocabulary meta- + -chrome (adjective suffix)
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- trifles (away)
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- trifling
- trifling (away)
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- triflingly
- triflingness
- triflings
- trifluoperazine
- trifluoperazines
- trifluor-
- trifluoride
- trifluoro-