achromatophilia

[ey-kruh-mat-uh-fil-ee-uh, -feel-yuh, ak-ruh-, ey-kroh-muh-tuh-]

a·chro·mat·o·phil·i·a

[ey-kruh-mat-uh-fil-ee-uh, -feel-yuh, ak-ruh-, ey-kroh-muh-tuh-]
noun Biology.
the property of having little or no affinity for stains.

Origin:
achromatophil + -ia
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Achromatophilia is always a great word to know.
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the subdivision of an organism or of an organ into more or less equivalent parts; cell division
any modern theory of evolution holding that species evolve by natural selection acting on genetic variation
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