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Meanings of Chromaffin:

adjective

Denoting granules or vesicles containing adrenaline and noradrenaline, and the secretory cells of the adrenal medulla in which they are found.

Usage examples:

For example, our results may help explain the motions of secretory granules in chromaffin cells of …

Meanings of Chromaffinic:

adjective

Denoting granules or vesicles containing adrenaline and noradrenaline, and the secretory cells of the adrenal medulla in which they are found.

Usage examples:

For example, our results may help explain the motions of secretory granules in chromaffin cells of …

Meanings of Chromate:

noun

A salt in which the anion contains both chromium and oxygen, especially one of the anion cro42−.

Meanings of Chromates:

noun

A salt in which the anion contains both chromium and oxygen, especially one of the anion cro42−.

Meanings of Chromatic:

adjective

Relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is written.

Usage examples:

The musical style is full of charming melodies and a lightness of touch, a predilection for woodwin…

Meanings of Chromaticity:

noun

The quality of colour, independent of brightness.

Usage examples:

A previous study of pied flycatchers ficedula hypoleuca showed that the chromaticity of the charact…

Meanings of Chromatid:

noun

Each of the two threadlike strands into which a chromosome divides longitudinally during cell division. each contains a double helix of dna.

Usage examples:

Any bias in the segregation of one or the other of a pair of homologous chromosomes or chromatids b…

Meanings of Chromatin:

noun

The material of which the chromosomes of organisms other than bacteria (i.e. eukaryotes) are composed, consisting of protein, rna, and dna.

Usage examples:

The structure of chromatin is intimately linked to the function of the eukaryotic genome.

Meanings of Chromatogram:

noun

A visible record (such as a graph) showing the result of separating the components of a mixture by chromatography.

Usage examples:

The adhesive was first tested to determine that it was not alcohol soluble and did not contain chem…

Meanings of Chromatograph:

noun

An apparatus for performing chromatography.

Usage examples:

For each set of analyses, a sample of ambient air was injected into the chromatograph to monitor ca…

Meanings of Chromatography:

noun

A technique for the separation of a mixture by passing it in solution or suspension through a medium in which the components move at different rates.

Usage examples:

Amino acid analyses were carried out by ion exchange chromatography on sulphonated polystyrene resi…

Meanings of Chromatopsia:

noun

Abnormally coloured vision, a rare symptom with various causes.

Usage examples:

Medications used in cardiology, especially antiarrhytmic digitalis and amiodarone, cause ocular dis…

Meanings of Chrome:

noun

Chromium plate as a decorative or protective finish on motor-vehicle fittings and other objects.

Usage examples:

A chrome bumper

Meanings of Chromed:

adjective

Chromium-plated.

Usage examples:

Chromed handlebars

Meanings of Chromic:

adjective

Of chromium with a higher valency, usually three.

Usage examples:

In another technique, the scientists give the cows gel capsules of chromic oxide, a harmless substa…

Meanings of Chromide:

noun

A small deep-bodied fish of india and sri lanka, found in brackish water.

Usage examples:

Anyway, they are fine with orange chromides, but being predators, they will eat any baby chromides.

Meanings of Chromides:

noun

A small deep-bodied fish of india and sri lanka, found in brackish water.

Usage examples:

Anyway, they are fine with orange chromides, but being predators, they will eat any baby chromides.

Meanings of Chrominance:

noun

The colorimetric difference between a given colour in a television picture and a standard colour of equal luminance.

Usage examples:

This transform space allows luminance and chrominance to be processed separately.

Meanings of Chroming:

noun

The practice of inhaling intoxicating fumes from chrome-based paint.

Usage examples:

Some claim that chroming is not physically addictive

Meanings of Chromite:

noun

The principal ore of chromium, a brownish-black oxide of chromium and iron.

Usage examples:

Layered intrusions commonly occur with mafic intrusions where the minerals (such as olivine, pyroxe…

Meanings of Chromitite:

noun

The principal ore of chromium, a brownish-black oxide of chromium and iron.

Usage examples:

Layered intrusions commonly occur with mafic intrusions where the minerals (such as olivine, pyroxe…

Meanings of Chromium:

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 24, a hard white metal used in stainless steel and other alloys.

Usage examples:

The metal can be, for example, titanium, tantalum, chromium, aluminium or tungsten.

Meanings of Chromo:

noun

Short for chromolithograph.

combining form

Representing chromium.

Meanings of Chromogen:

noun

A substance which can be readily converted into a dye or other coloured compound.

Usage examples:

Immunohistochemistry was performed on an automated immunostainer using the antibodies listed in tab…

Meanings of Chromogenic:

adjective

Involving the production of colour or pigments.

Usage examples:

Clot-based methods recover up to 50% lower activity for these products than the chromogenic assays …