hypochromaticadj.
/hʌɪpəʊkrəʊˈmatɪk/ Medicine.
a. Of the skin: deficient in pigment.
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1894 G. M. Gould Illustr. Dict. Med. 593/2.
b. = hypochromic adj. i.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [adjective] > disorders of red cells
megaloblastic1900
haemolysed1916
sickled1923
hyperchromic1924
hypochromic1924
hyperchromatic1929
hypochromatic1929
macrocytic1930
spherocytic1937
1929 R. B. H. Gradwohl tr. V. Schilling Blood Pict. ii. 112 Remissions, often very extensive, are striking... The blood picture may appear normal again and may become temporarily hypochromatic.
1930 H. Downey in E. T. Bell Text-bk. Path. xxviii. 585 In this type of anemia one may find all gradations from cases showing abundant signs of regeneration to the simple hypochromatic types.
1971 V. F. Fairbanks et al. Clin. Dis. Iron Metabolism (ed. 2) iii. 129 Hypochromatic changes in the erythrocyte..may occur in a variety of unrelated disorders including iron-deficiency anemia.
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adj.1894