Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chromatosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chro-mato-sis
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pigmentation, especially unusual pigmentation of human or animal tissue.

noun

Pigmentation of tissue that normally is not pigmented.

noun

Excessive pigmentation of tissue that normally is pigmented.

Example Sentences

"[…]“chromatoses corii,” which stands for transudations of coloring matters, and includes the suborders melasmata, dermatocholoses and heterochromatoses,[…]"
"This pigmentation (chromatosis) involves in most instances more than half of the protoplasm of the cell body, and in many cells it is so great that the chromatic particles (Nissl bodies) and the nuclei of the cells are with difficulty discerned."
"Insofar as induced intraoral and extraoral chromatosis are concerned, there is a relative dearth of instances in which tatooing has been accomplished."

Etymology

From chromato- (“color”) + -osis (“condition, disease”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: chromato-
Suffix: -osis

Inflected Forms

chromatoses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hemochromatosis

Questions

What does chromatosis mean?: Pigmentation, especially unusual pigmentation of human or animal tissue.
Where does chromatosis come from?: From chromato- (“color”) + -osis (“condition, disease”).

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