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chromocyte

 [kro´mo-sīt]
any colored or pigmented cell.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

chro·mo·cyte

(krō'mō-sīt),
Any pigmented cell, such as a red blood corpuscle.
[chromo- + G. kytos, cell]
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chromocyte

A nonspecific term for any coloured cell.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

chro·mo·cyte

(krō'mō-sīt)
Any pigmented cell, such as a red blood corpuscle.
[chromo- + G. kytos, cell]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

chromocyte

a cell that takes up coloured stains.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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