chromato-

chromato-

(word root) color

Examples of words with the root chromato-: chromatolysis, chromatography

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chromato-

or chromat-

pref.

1. Color: chromatophore.

2. Chromatin: chromatolysis.

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[Greek khrōma, khrōmat-, color.]

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chromato-

or before a vowel

chromat-

combining form

1. indicating colour or coloured: chromatophore.

2. indicating chromatin: chromatolysis.

[from Greek khrōma, khrōmat- colour]

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chro•mo

(ˈkroʊ moʊ)

n., pl. -mos.

chromolithograph.

[by shortening]

chromo-

or chromato-

a combining form meaning “color,” “pigment” (chromophil) or, by extension, “chromosome” (chromonema).

[< Greek, comb. form of chrôma color]

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