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chromo¹

  • /ˈkɹəʊməʊ/ UK

Where it comes from

Shortened from chromolithograph.

noun chromos

  1. historical A color print produced by chromolithography. All Nature is smiling, in fact, with one large, comprehensive smile, exactly like a first-class PRANG chromo with a fresh coat of varnish upon it.

chromo²

  • /ˈkɹəʊməʊ/ UK

noun chromos

  1. Australia A prostitute. That dried-up lady snob lived behind lace curtains all her life. She's of no more importance than a chromo.

chromo³

  • /ˈkɹəʊməʊ/ UK

Where it comes from

Shortened from chromodomain.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or relating to the chromodomain, a protein structural domain associated with chromatin production HP1 shares an ~50-amino acid NH 2 -terminal sequence motif, the chromo domain, with polycomb, an important regulatory gene that functions in the stable repression of homeotic genes during Drosophila development (28 ).

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@misc{chromo_2026,
  title = {chromo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chromo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}