metachromatic

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  1. Pertaining to or characterized by meta-chromatism or color-change.
  2. Pertaining to or exhibiting metachromasy; metachromic.
  3. Metachromatic bodies granules in the interior of certain bacteria which take on a different stain from the rest of the cell; metachromic granules.

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  1. Greek μετά, beyond, + χρῶμα (χρωματ-), color, + -ic.
 

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