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metachromasy

metachromasy noun: metachromasia.

Noun

metachromasy (uncountable)

  1. Metachromasia.
    • Under the conditions obtaining in tissue sections, it seems safe to assign metachromasy to sulfated compounds, probably sulfuric half-esters2012, John W. Kelly, The Metachromatic Reaction

Questions about metachromasy

What does metachromasy mean?
Metachromasy means metachromasia.
What part of speech is metachromasy?
Metachromasy is a noun.

Words near metachromasy in the dictionary

  1. metachloral
  2. metachloroperoxybenzoic acid
  3. metacholine
  4. metachondromatosis
  5. metachromasia
  6. metachromasy
  7. metachromatic
  8. metachromatic leukodystrophies
  9. metachromatic leukodystrophy
  10. metachromatically
  11. metachromatism

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