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Definition of Achromic
1. Adjective. Having no color.
Definition of Achromic
1. a. Free from color; colorless; as, in Physiol. Chem., the achromic point of a starch solution acted upon by an amylolytic enzyme is the point at which it fails to give any color with iodine.
Definition of Achromic
1. Adjective. (science) Uncoloured; not pigmented; lacking in colour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Achromic
1. having no color [adj]
Medical Definition of Achromic
1. Colourless. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Achromic
Literary usage of Achromic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1893)
"When the achromic point is reached the time is noted, and the interval from the
... If, on the other hand, the achromic point is reached in less than two ..."
2. Physiological Aspects of the Liquor Problem by Wilbur Olin Atwater (1903)
"7 minutes. Experiment 150. (Saliva 1 : 10.) Claret. 0 per cent. 0.5 " 1.0 " 2.0 "
5.0 " Absolute alcohol. 0.5 per cent. Appearance of the achromic point. ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1896)
"Appearance of the achromic point. 0 per cent. 1 minute. claret 4j hours. no action
beyond ... Appearance of the achromic point. Saliva 1:10. ..."
4. The Natural history of digestion by Alexander Lockhart Gillespie (1904)
"The time taken by a certain amount of a diastatic fluid to render a constant
quantity of starch-paste achromic is used as an indication of the power of its ..."
5. Report (1904)
"achromic. When examined at the end of another hour, the liquid from the tube
containing sac 5 also gave an achromic reaction. Tests of the empty sacs by ..."
6. Physiological chemistry: A Text-book and Manual for Students by Albert Prescott Mathews (1915)
"If this dilution takes too long to come to the achromic point, ... It should not
take much over 20 minutes at 40° to reach the achromic point. ..."
7. Practical Physiological Chemistry by Sydney William Cole (1920)
"His objection to the achromic Point method is that the end point is very difficult
to determine, especially with weak enzymes, and that the digestion ..."
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