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Meaning of ACHROMIC

Pronunciation:  ey'krowmik

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 Definition: [adj]  having no color
 
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 Synonyms: achromous, uncolored, uncoloured
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\A*chro"mic\, a. [Gr. ? colorless; ? priv. + ? color.]
Free from color; colorless; as, in Physiol. Chem., the
achromic point of a starch solution acted upon by an
amylolytic enzyme is the point at which it fails to give any
color with iodine.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: achromatic, anemic, ashen, ashy, bled white, bloodless, cadaverous, chloranemic, colorless, dead, deadly pale, deathly pale, dim, dimmed, dingy, discolored, dull, etiolated, exsanguinated, exsanguine, exsanguineous, faded, faint, fallow, flat, ghastly, gray, haggard, hueless, hypochromic, lackluster, leaden, livid, lurid, lusterless, mat, mealy, muddy, neutral, pale, pale as death, pale-faced, pallid, pasty, sallow, sickly, tallow-faced, toneless, uncolored, wan, washed-out, waxen, weak, whey-faced, white
 

 

 

 

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