chrom-

chrom- Word Origin

1. a combining form meaning “color,” used in the formation of compound words: chromhydrosis.
2. Chemistry.
   1. a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds in which chromium is present.
   2. a combining form that, when prefixed to the name of a chemical compound, denotes its colored form.

Also -chrome; especially before a consonant, chromo-. Origin of chrom- def. 1, for Greek chrôma color (see chroma); def. 2, for chromium chrom- in Medicine chrom- pref.

1. Variant ofchromo-