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This ROOT-WORD is CHROM from the Greek chroma meaning COLOR. You will find more use of this ROOT in CHROMO photography and also in CHROMOtherapy. No. 18 and No. 19 show beautifully how simple it is to understand words when you know keys PHOB meaning fear and PHIL meaning love.


1. Chroma : CHROM a (kroe’ ma) n.

Color


2. Chromascope : CHROM ascope (kroe’ ma skope) n.

An instrument showing the effects of color


3. Chromatic : CHROM atic (kroe mat’ ik) adj.

Color; relating to color


4. Chromatic scale : CHROM atic scale (kroe mat’ ik scale)

A musical scale of many shades of tone


5. Chromatics : CHROM atic scale (kroe mat’ ik scale)

One expert in chromatics


6. Chromatist : CHROM atist (kroe’ mo some) n.

One expert in chromatics


7. Chromosome : CHROM osome (kroe’ mo some) n.

A tiny body found in living cells which controls heredity


8. Chromatin : CHROM atin (kroe’ ma tol’ o ji) n.

Science of colors


9. Chromatology : CHROM atology (kroe ma tol’ o ji) n.

Science of colors


10. Chromatometer : CHROM atometer (kroe ma tom’ e ter) n.

Instrument for measuring color perception


11. Chromatosis : CHROM atosis (kroe ma toe’ sis) n.

Unnatural pigmentation of the skin


12. Chrome : CHROM e (krome) n.

A pigment; as, chrome yellow; chrome green, etc


13. Chromium : CHROM ium (kroe’ mee um) n.

A rust-resisting metal


14. Chromidrosis : CHROM idrosis (kroe mi droe’ sis) n.

An abnormally colored sweat


15. Chromatism : CHROM atism (kroe’ ma tiz um) n.

Abnormal coloration of the green parts of plants


16. Chromoblast : CHROM oblast (kroe’ mo blast) n.

An embryonic cell that becomes a pigment cell


17. Chromogenesis : CHROM ogenesis (kroe mo jen’ e sis) n.

Color production


18. Chromophobic : CHROM ophobic (kroe mo foe’ bik) adj.

Difficult to stain


19. Chromophilic : CHROM ophilic (kroe mo fil’ ik) adj.

Easy to stain

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