English

hypochromatosis

From hypo- + chromato- + -osis.

Formed from hypo- + chromato- + -osis

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’

Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under’

English hypo-

Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə

Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ ‘color’

Today it means

noun chromatolysis; the disappearance of chromatin, or of the nucleus, in a cell

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Etymograph / hypochromatosis