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chromatophore /chro·mato·phore/ (-for) any pigmentary cell or color-producing plastid.

chro·mat·o·phore (kr

-m

t

-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 (-fôr

k) adj.

chromatophore

any pigmentary cell or color-producing plastid.

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