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Definition of Chromophobe

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Chromophobe

1. Resistant to stains, staining with difficulty or not at all; denoting certain degranulated cells in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. Synonym: chromophobic. Origin: chromo-+ G. Phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chromophobe

chromonemata chromonematic chromonychia chromopectic chromopexis chromophage chromophanes chromophil chromophil chromophilia

chromophilic chromophil adenoma chromophil granule chromophil substance chromophobe (current term) chromophobe (current term) chromophobe adenoma chromophobe cells of anterior lobe of hypophysis chromophobe granules chromophobia

chromophobic chromophobic adenoma chromophore chromophore chromophores chromophoric chromophoric chromophototherapy chromoplast chromoplast

Literary usage of Chromophobe

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1. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1913)
"The same relation may exist between an adenoma of the hypophysis, composed entirely of chromophobe elements, and acromegaly as may exist between fetal ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"In a careful study of the histological changes resulting from thyroidectomy he found in the anterior lobe many voluminous "chromophobe" cells, ..."

3. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"There is also a reasonable chance that the large chromophobe cells also had ... were slightly less numerous than the chromophobe cells, although, roughly, ..."

4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1910)
"... preparation transitional stages can be traced from the chromophobe to the heavily ... that the adenoma is not composed entirely of chromophobe elements. ..."

5. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"... are composed chiefly of chromophobe cells, but acidophile cells are commonly present and flat epithelium may be observed at the lower pole. ..."

6. Practice of Medicine by Frederick Tice (1921)
"... all cases of acromegaly in which a large homoplastic chromophobe struma was demonstrated, evidences of glandular insufficiency had begun to be apparent. ..."

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