Medical Dictionary
metachrosis
noun meta·chro·sis \ˌmet-ə-ˈkrō-səs\
plural meta·chro·ses \-ˌsēz\
Medical Definition of METACHROSIS
: the power of some animals (as many fishes and reptiles) to change color voluntarily by the expansion of special pigment cells
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