chromogenic

[ kroh-muh-jen-ik ]

adjective
  1. producing color.

  2. Chemistry. pertaining to chromogen or a chromogen.

  1. (of bacteria) producing some characteristic color or pigment that is useful as a means of identification.

Origin of chromogenic

1
First recorded in 1880–85; chromo- + -genic

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British Dictionary definitions for chromogenic

chromogenic

/ (ˌkrəʊməˈdʒɛnɪk) /


adjective
  1. producing colour

  2. of or relating to a chromogen

  1. photog involving the use of chromogens rather than silver halide during processing to produce the image: chromogenic film

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