chromophobe

[kroh-muh-fohb]

chro·mo·phobe

[kroh-muh-fohb]
adjective
1.
Also, chro·mo·pho·bic. Histology. not staining readily.
noun
2.
Cell Biology. a chromophobe cell in the pituitary gland.

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Chromophobe is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1895–1900; chromo- + -phobe
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chromophobe chro·mo·phobe (krō'mə-fōb') or chro·mo·pho·bic (krō'mə-fō'bĭk)
adj.
Resistant to stains; staining with difficulty or not at all. n.
A cell that is resistant to stains.

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