ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Hypochromic

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Hypochromic is an adjective meaning (physics, chemistry) Describing a decrease in the intensity of a spectral band due to a change in the molecular environment.

Meaning

(physics, chemistry) Describing a decrease in the intensity of a spectral band due to a change in the molecular environment.

More Meanings

  1. (medicine) Having a lower than normal amount of hemoglobin in the red blood cells

Antonyms for hypochromic

Common opposites include hyperchromic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include microcytic, macrocytes, hyperchromic, hypsochromic, bathochromic, bathochromatic.

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