Usually means: Color change due to staining.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. metachromatism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. metachromatism: Collins English Dictionary
  3. metachromatism: Wordnik
  4. metachromatism: Wiktionary
  5. metachromatism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. metachromatism: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. metachromatism: Dictionary.com
  8. metachromatism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. metachromatism: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. metachromatism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. metachromatism: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  metachromasia

Similar:
metachromism, metachromasy, chromism, dichromism, achromatism, metachromasia, chromatism, heterochromatism, metachrosis, hyperchromism, more...

Opposite:
achromatism, monochromatism, color blindness

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Similar:
metachromism, metachromasy, chromism, dichromism, achromatism, metachromasia, chromatism, heterochromatism, metachrosis, hyperchromism, more...

Opposite:
achromatism, monochromatism, color blindness



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