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

chromomycins
chromomycosis
chromonar
chromonar hydrochloride
chromone
chromonema
chromonemata
chromonematic
chromones
chromonic
chromonychia
chromonychias
chromopectic
chromopermittivity
chromopexis
chromophage (current term)
chromophane
chromophanes
chromophil
chromophil adenoma
chromophil granule
chromophil substance
chromophilia
chromophilic
chromophobe
chromophobe adenoma
chromophobe cells of anterior lobe of hypophysis
chromophobe granules
chromophobes
chromophobia

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