chromophobe

English

Etymology

From chromo- +‎ -phobe.

Noun

chromophobe (plural chromophobes)

1. (cytology) Any cell that is resistant to staining
   • 2013, Klaus Joachim Zülch, Brain Tumors: Their Biology and Pathology, page 53:

     We have made diagnoses of medulloblastomas, astrocytomas, glioblastomatous or sarcomatous tumors, periadventitial and meningeal sarcomatoses, meningiomas, and a chromophobe adenoma.

Related terms

• chromophobic