Medical Dictionary
metachromasia
noun meta·chro·ma·sia \ˌmet-ə-krō-ˈmā-zh(ē-)ə\
Medical Definition of METACHROMASIA
1
: the property of various tissues of staining in a different color (as when treatment with a blue aniline dye makes a cellular element red)
2
: the property of various biologic stains that permits a single dye to stain different tissue elements in different colors
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