Medical Definition of Chromophage

1. A phagocyte that destroys pigment; an obsolete term applied by Metchnikoff to the cells believed by him to be active in the reduction of pigment of the hair. Origin: chromo-+ G. Phagein, to eat (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chromophage

chromomeric
chromometer
chromomycins
chromomycin a3
chromomycosis
chromonar
chromonar hydrochloride
chromone
chromonema
chromonema
chromonemata
chromonematic
chromonychia
chromopectic
chromopexis
chromophage (current term)
chromophanes
chromophil
chromophil
chromophilia
chromophilic
chromophil adenoma
chromophil granule
chromophil substance
chromophobe
chromophobe
chromophobe adenoma
chromophobe cells of anterior lobe of hypophysis
chromophobe granules
chromophobia

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