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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: chromo-, (before a vowel)chrom- combining form - indicating colour, coloured, or pigment: chromogen
- indicating chromium: chromyl
Etymology: from Greek khrōma colour WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chrom-, - a combining form meaning "color,'' used in the formation of compound words:chromhydrosis.
- Chemistry
- a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds in which chromium is present.
- a combining form that, when prefixed to the name of a chemical compound, denotes its colored form.
Also, -chrome* [esp. before a consonant,] chromo-. - def. 2, for chromium def. 1, for Greek chrôma color (see chroma)
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chro•mo (krō′mō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mos. - Printingchromolithograph.
chromo-, - Chemistryvar. of chrom- before a consonant:chromophore.
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