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meta·chro·ma·sia
\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷krōˈmāzh(ē)ə\ noun
or meta·chro·ma·sy \-ˈkrōməsē\; or meta·chro·ma·sis \-əsə̇s\
(plural metachromasias or metachromasies or metachromasises)
Etymology: New Latin metachromasia or metachromasis, from meta- + -chromasia or -chromasis (perhaps alteration of -chromasia); metachromasy, International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin metachromasia or metachromasis
1. : the property of various tissues of staining in a different color (as when treatment with a blue aniline dye makes a cellular element red)
2. : the property of various biologic stains that permits a single dye to stain different tissue elements in different colors |