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cyano- (before a vowel or h usually cyan-). 1. Used as combining form of Gr. κύανος a dark-blue mineral, κυάνεος adj. dark-blue, in scientific terms, in sense ‘dark-blue’, ‘azure’, as cyanoˈchalcite Min. [Gr. χαλκός copper], a blue silicate of copper (1872 in Dana). cyanoˈchlorous a. [Gr. χλωρός yellowish-green], bluish green (Syd. Soc. Lex.). cyaˈnochroite Min. [Gr. χροιά colour], a blue hydrous sulphate of copper and potassium (1868 in Dana); also called ˈcyanochrome (1857 in Shepard Min.). ˈcyanolite Min. [see -lite], a bluish mineral consisting largely of silica (1861 in Bristow's Gloss. 102). cyaˈnopathy Path. [Gr. -παθεια, f. πάθος suffering] = cyanosis (1857 in Dunglison); so cyanoˈpathic a. cyaˈnotrichite Min. [Gr. θρίξ, τριχ-, hair], a blue fibrous sulphate of copper and aluminium (Dana 1854).
1890Daily News 11 Dec. 3/5 His appearance was cyanopathic, his eyes were inflamed. 2. Chem. (= cyan- 2): Of or containing cyanogen; in the names of cyanogen compounds, as cyanobenzine, benzonitril or phenyl cyanide. cyˈanodide, obs. synonym of cyanide n. cyanonaphthalene, naphthyl cyanide, etc.
Add: cyaˈnophilous a. Biol. [ad. G. cyanophil (coined by A. Schönemann 1892, in Arch. f. path. Anat. u. Physiol. CXXIX. 317): see -phil], readily stained by blue and green dyes.
1895Jrnl. R. Microsc. Soc. 159 ‘Oxychromatin’ and ‘cyanophilous granulation’ are independent structural parts of the chromatin network. 1959W. Andrew Textbk. Compar. Histol. iii. 74 They consist in Turbellaria of two main types: (1) the cyanophilous glands, which are basophilic, and (2) the eosinophilous glands, which are acidophilic. 1984Mycotaxon XX. 607 P[ulvinula] ascoboloides n. sp., with a cyanophilous sheath surrounding the ascospores. |