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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

chromo- en · X

Pronunciation

  • /kɹoʊmə-/ (General-American)
  • /kɹoʊmoʊ-/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ (khrômă) English chromo- From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) color
  2. (morpheme) chromium
  3. (morpheme, qualifier:quantum chromodynamics) color; property of quarks and gluons that is related to the particles' strong interactions in the theory of quantum chromodynamics
  4. (morpheme) chromatin

Deriveds

chromo-glucose · chromo-carbon · chromo-chloride · chromo-cyanotype

Translations (5)

pt cromo- (color) · pl chromato- (color) · hu kromo- (color) · pl chromo- (color) · fa فام (color)