chromo-

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chromo-

or chrom-

pref.

1. Color: chromoplast.

2. Chromium: chromous.

[From Greek khrōma, color.]

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chromo-

or before a vowel

chrom-

combining form

1. indicating colour, coloured, or pigment: chromogen.

2. (Chemistry) indicating chromium: chromyl.

[from Greek khrōma 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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