chromatogram

chromatogram [kruh-mat-uh-gram, kroh-muh-tuh-] Word Origin noun Chemistry.

1. the column, gel layer, or paper strip on which some or all of the constituents of a mixture have been separated by being adsorbed at different locations.

Origin of chromatogram First recorded in 1920–25; chromato- + -gram1 British Dictionary definitions for chromatogram chromatogram noun

1. a column or strip of material containing constituents of a mixture separated by chromatography
2. a graph showing the quantity of a substance leaving a chromatography column as a function of time

chromatogram in Medicine chromatogram [krō-măt′ə-grăm′] n.

1. The pattern of separated substances obtained by chromatography.