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heterochromic

heterochromic adjective: relating to, or characterised by, heterochromia.

Adjective

heterochromic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or characterised by, heterochromia.
    • Sadie’s lips were twitching upward. Those heterochromic eyes looked at him with mirth.2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), page 10

Origin of heterochromic

From hetero- + chromo- + -ic.

Questions about heterochromic

What does heterochromic mean?
Heterochromic means relating to, or characterised by, heterochromia.
What part of speech is heterochromic?
Heterochromic is an adjective.

Words near heterochromic in the dictionary

  1. heterochromatized
  2. heterochrome
  3. heterochromia
  4. heterochromia iridium
  5. heterochromias
  6. heterochromic
  7. heterochromophoric
  8. heterochromosomal
  9. heterochromosome
  10. heterochromosomes
  11. heterochromous

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