chromaffin

[kroh-muh-fin]

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adjective

Histology.

having an affinity for stains containing chromium salts, indicating the presence of epinephrine or norepinephrine.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of chromaffin¹

< German Chromaffine (1898), equivalent to chrom- chrom- + Latin affinis next to, inclined to; affinity

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For instance, they showed that RNA velocity could accurately detect the increases and decreases in gene expression that cells in the embryo are known to undergo as they differentiate from a cell type called a neural crest cell into chromaffin cells of the adrenal glands.

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The poisonous skin glands of the toad have been found to give a marked chromaffin reaction, and to contain a large amount of adrenalin.

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All chromium salts, in fact, stain the therefore labelled chromaffin cells.

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Chromaffin reaction and adrenalin content go together.

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chroma chromakey

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