chromophilia

chromophilia [kroh-muh-fil-ee-uh, -feel-yuh] Word Origin noun Histology.

1. the property of staining readily.

Also chromatophilia. Origin of chromophilia chromo- + -philia chromophilia in Medicine chromophilia [krō′mə-fĭl′ē-ə, -fēl′yə] n.

1. The property possessed by most cells of staining readily with appropriate dyes.