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chromogenic

chromogenic adjective: describing a process in which a black-and-white image is replaced by a coloured one.

Adjective

chromogenic (comparative more chromogenic, superlative most chromogenic)

  1. Describing a process in which a black-and-white image is replaced by a coloured one.
  2. Containing or producing chromogen.

Forms of chromogenic

comparativemore chromogenic
superlativemost chromogenic

Origin of chromogenic

From chromo- + -genic or chromogen + -ic.

Words formed from chromogenic

Questions about chromogenic

What does chromogenic mean?
Chromogenic means describing a process in which a black-and-white image is replaced by a coloured one.
What part of speech is chromogenic?
Chromogenic is an adjective.

Words near chromogenic in the dictionary

  1. chromofungin
  2. chromofungins
  3. chromogen
  4. chromogenesis
  5. chromogenetic
  6. chromogenic
  7. chromogenically
  8. chromogenicity
  9. chromogenized
  10. chromogenous
  11. chromogens

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