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chromatophore
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chromatophore /chro·mato·phore/ (-for) any pigmentary cell or color-producing plastid.
chro·mat·o·phore (kr-mt-fôr)
n.
1. A specialized pigment-bearing organelle in certain photosynthetic bacteria and cyanobacteria.
2. A pigment-bearing phagocyte found chiefly in the skin, mucous membrane, and choroid coat of the eye, as well as in melanomas. Also called pigment cell.
3. Variant of chromophore.
chro·mato·phoric (-fôrk) adj.
chromatophore [kro-mat´o-for]
any pigmentary cell or color-producing plastid.
chromatophore
any pigmentary cell or color-producing plastid.
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