chromatosis
chromatosis noun: pigmentation, especially unusual pigmentation of human or animal tissue.
Noun
chromatosis (plural chromatoses)
- Pigmentation, especially unusual pigmentation of human or animal tissue.
- […]“chromatoses corii,” which stands for transudations of coloring matters, and includes the suborders melasmata, dermatocholoses and heterochromatoses,[…]1887, Edward Bennet Bronson, A Study of the Considerations Relating to the Classification of Skin Diseases, page 16
- This pigmentation (chromatosis) involves in most instances more than half of the protoplasm of the cell body, and in many cells it is so great that the chromatic particles (Nissl bodies) and the nuclei of the cells are with difficulty discerned.1899, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, volume 118, page 657
- Pigmentation of tissue that normally is not pigmented.
- Excessive pigmentation of tissue that normally is pigmented.
chromatosis meaning in Tamil
chromatosis in Tamil
- குருமேற்ற நோய்
Forms of chromatosis
| plural | chromatoses |
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Origin of chromatosis
From chromato- (“color”) + -osis (“condition, disease”).
Questions about chromatosis
- What does chromatosis mean?
- Chromatosis means pigmentation, especially unusual pigmentation of human or animal tissue.
- What is chromatosis in Tamil?
- Chromatosis in Tamil is குருமேற்ற நோய். See Chromatosis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is chromatosis?
- Chromatosis is a noun.
- What is the plural of chromatosis?
- The plural of chromatosis is chromatoses.
Words near chromatosis in the dictionary
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