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单词 metachromatism
释义

metachromatism

[ met-uh-kroh-muh-tiz-uhm ]
/ ˌmɛt əˈkroʊ məˌtɪz əm /

noun

change of color, especially that due to variation in the temperature of a body.

Origin of metachromatism

First recorded in 1875–80; meta- + chromat- + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM metachromatism

met·a·chro·mat·ic [met-uh-kroh-mat-ik, -kruh-], /ˌmɛt ə kroʊˈmæt ɪk, -krə-/, adjective

Words nearby metachromatism

metachromasia, metachromatic, metachromatic body, metachromatic leukodystrophy, metachromatic stain, metachromatism, metachromophil, metachronous, metachrosis, metacinnabar, metacinnabarite
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British Dictionary definitions for metachromatism

metachromatism
/ (ˌmɛtəˈkrəʊməˌtɪzəm) /

noun

a change in colour, esp when caused by a change in temperature

Word Origin for metachromatism

C19: from meta- + chromato- + -ism
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for metachromatism

metachromatism
[ mĕt′ə-krōmə-tĭz′əm ]

n.

Metachromasia.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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