Metachromasia

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.

Synonyms

metachromasy chromophilia metachromism metachromatism chromotrope chromatophilia metachrosis chromism chromophil chromotropy polychromatophilia achromatism

Antonyms

orthochromasy

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