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exochromic

exochromic adjective: being penetrated by connective tissue that contributes pigmentation.

Adjective

exochromic (not comparable)

  1. Being penetrated by connective tissue that contributes pigmentation.
    • There is no necessity for regarding some eyes as »exochromic«, and others as »autochromic«, since there is no evidence to show that pigmented mesoderm cells have forced their way through the basal membrane into the eye;1866, Insect Anatomy, page 684
    • If my views as to the pigment cells are correct, the first formation of pigment by the cells of the vesicle and the later intrusion of the pigment cells from the mesoblast indicates that the present exochromic eye of Julus was derived from an earlier autochromic eye.1889, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Origin of exochromic

From exo- + chromic.

Questions about exochromic

What does exochromic mean?
Exochromic means being penetrated by connective tissue that contributes pigmentation.
What part of speech is exochromic?
Exochromic is an adjective.

Words near exochromic in the dictionary

  1. exochitinase
  2. exochitinases
  3. exochorial
  4. exochorion
  5. exochorionic
  6. exochromic
  7. exochromosomal
  8. exocoelom
  9. exocoelomic
  10. exocoelomic cavities
  11. exocoelomic cavity

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