-chrome

variant of chrom- as the final element of a compound word: polychrome.

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-cephalus, -cephaly, -ceptor, -chore, -chroic, -chrome, -chroous, -cidal, -cide, -cion, -clase
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British Dictionary definitions for -chrome

-chrome

adj combining form, n combining form

colour, coloured, or pigmentmonochrome

Word Origin for -chrome

from Greek khrōma colour
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