hyperchromian.
/hʌɪpəˈkrəʊmɪə/ Medicine.
A hyperchromic condition of the blood or of an erythrocyte (see hyperchromic adj. 1).
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microcythaemia1876
microcytosis1885
haemolysis1890
macrocytosis1893
macrocythaemia1894
anisocytosis1903
sickling1923
hyperchromasia1929
hypochromasia1929
hyperchromia1931
hypochromia1931
spherocytosis1933
protoporphyria1956
1931 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 182 521 There might be two types of pernicious anemia—the megaloblastic, associated with macrocytosis and hyperchromia, and the erythroblastic, associated with microcytosis and hypochromia.
1935 L. E. H. Whitby & C. J. C. Britton Disorders of Blood iii. 49 Hyperchromia is inevitably associated with macrocytosis.
1958 G. C. de Gruchy Clin. Haematol. ii. 43 Because it is now customary to describe the haemoglobin content of cells in terms of concentration rather than absolute amount, the term hyperchromia is best avoided.
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