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chromo- (iou) and BASTARD EIGNE' , Eng (law)


chromo- (iou)



chromo- combining form of Greek khroma colour, or, less commonly, of CHROMIUM: see -O-.
chromody'namics noun (Particle Physics) (more fully
quantum chromodynamics) a quantum field theory in which the strong interaction is described in terms of an interaction between quarks mediated by gluons, both quarks and gluons being assigned a quantum number called 'colour' L20.
chromogen noun (Chemistry) a substance which can be converted to a dyestuff by the introduction of a polar group M19.
chromo'genic adjective colour-forming L19.
chromophil(e) adjective & noun (Histology) (a cell) that is readily stained L19.
chromo'philic adjective (Histology) readily stained L19.
chromophobe adjective & noun (Histology) (a cell) that is not readily stained E20.
chromo'phobic adjective (Histology) not readily stained L19.
chromophore noun (Chemistry) that part of the molecule which is responsible for a compound's colour L19.
chromo'phoric adjective (Chemistry) responsible for a compound's colour L19.
chromo'protein noun (Biochemistry) a compound consisting of a protein bound to a metal-containing pigment or a carotenoid E20.

BASTARD EIGNE' , Eng (law)


BASTARD EIGNE' , Eng. law. Elder bastard. By the old English law, when, a man had a bastard son, and he afterwards married the mother, and by her had a had a bastard son, and he afterwards married the mother, and by her had a legitimate son, the first was called a bastard eigne, or, as it is now legitimate son, the first was called a bastard eigne, or, as it is now spelled, aine, and the second son was called puisne, or since born, or spelled, aine, and the second son was called puisne, or since born, or sometimes he was called mulier puisne. See Mulier; Eigne, 2 Bl. Com. 248. sometimes he was called mulier puisne. See Mulier; Eigne, 2 Bl. Com. 248.