chromogenic

[ kroh-muh-jen-ik ]

/ ˌkroʊ məˈdʒɛn ɪk /

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adjective

producing color.

Chemistry. pertaining to chromogen or a chromogen.

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

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Origin of chromogenic

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

Words nearby chromogenic

chromium steel, chromo, chromocenter, chromodynamics, chromogen, chromogenic, chromolithograph, chromolithography, chromomere, chromonema, chromophil

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How to use chromogenic in a sentence

It also acts as a chromogenic centre when double bonds or ethylenic linkages are present, as in fluorene ketone or fluorenone.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1|Various
Considerable advances in our knowledge of the various chromogenic Pigment bacteria.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2|Various
No means are known by which these coloured spots, due to the growth of chromogenic organisms, can be removed from the rubber.
The Preparation of Plantation Rubber|Sidney Morgan
Two or three chromogenic forms producing still other colors have occasionally been found in milk.
Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition|H. L. Russell

The cause of the difficulty has been traced by Connell to the development of a chromogenic bacterium, Bacillus rudensis.
Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition|H. L. Russell

British Dictionary definitions for chromogenic

chromogenic

/ (ˌkrəʊməˈdʒɛnɪk) /

adjective

producing colour

of or relating to a chromogen

photog involving the use of chromogens rather than silver halide during processing to produce the imagechromogenic film

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