chromaffinadj.
/krəʊˈmafɪn/ Histology.
Stained brown on exposure to chromic acid or its salts; applied esp. in humans and the higher vertebrates to the adrenal medulla and the paraganglia.
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basophil1890
neutrophil1890
neutrophilic1893
oxyphil1893
oxyphilous1893
basophilic1894
basophilous1894
metachromatic1894
polychromatophilic1897
polychromatophil1898
chromophil1899
chromophilic1899
chromophobic1899
orthochromatic1899
polychromatic1899
pycnomorphous1899
fuchsinophil1900
neutrophilous1900
carminophilous1901
chromatoid1901
oxyphilic1901
pyknotic1902
sudanophil1902
chromaffin1903
metachromic1908
chromophobe1909
phaeochrome1909
sudanophilic1909
trachychromatic1909
polychromasic1911
chromaffinic1913
osmiophilic1923
osmophile1923
Feulgen-negative1928
fuchsinophilic1931
heteropycnotic1934
osmophilic1936
isopycnotic1950
Feulgen-positive1954
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chromophil1899
chromaffin1903
chromaffinic1913
1903 Swale Vincent in Jrnl. Anat. & Physiol. 38 41 The chromaffin cells of the suprarenal medulla.
1903 Swale Vincent in Jrnl. Anat. & Physiol. 38 43 The chromaffin bodies in Petromyzon.
1907 Practitioner Aug. 211 A series of cells which have been termed chromaffine cells, because they yield a yellow colour on treatment with chromic acid.
1932 J. M. Rogoff in E. V. Cowdry Special Cytol. (ed. 2) II. xxiii. 890 The chromaffin granules are known to consist of epinephrin, or of a complex whose chief constituent is epinephrin, and the color reactions which they yield in situ are those of epinephrin.
1964 L. C. Martin Clin. Endocrinol. (ed. 4) v. 163 The medulla arises from ectodermal tissue and consists of chromaffin and sympathetic ganglion cells.
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chromaˈffinic adj.
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the world > life > biology > substance > staining quality of substance > [adjective]
basophil1890
neutrophil1890
neutrophilic1893
oxyphil1893
oxyphilous1893
basophilic1894
basophilous1894
metachromatic1894
polychromatophilic1897
polychromatophil1898
chromophil1899
chromophilic1899
chromophobic1899
orthochromatic1899
polychromatic1899
pycnomorphous1899
fuchsinophil1900
neutrophilous1900
carminophilous1901
chromatoid1901
oxyphilic1901
pyknotic1902
sudanophil1902
chromaffin1903
metachromic1908
chromophobe1909
phaeochrome1909
sudanophilic1909
trachychromatic1909
polychromasic1911
chromaffinic1913
osmiophilic1923
osmophile1923
Feulgen-negative1928
fuchsinophilic1931
heteropycnotic1934
osmophilic1936
isopycnotic1950
Feulgen-positive1954
the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > [adjective] > substances of
sabulous1889
chromophil1899
chromaffin1903
chromaffinic1913
1913 A. Keith Human Embryol. (ed. 3) 390 Coccygeal Body is a small mass of chromaffinic tissue.
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