chromatolysis etymology

English word chromatolysis comes from English -lysis (Decomposition or breakdown. Disintegration. Dissolving.), English chromato- (Color.)

Detailed word origin of chromatolysis

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-lysis English (eng) Decomposition or breakdown. Disintegration. Dissolving.
chromato- English (eng) Color.
chromatolysis English (eng) The dissolution of the Nissl bodies in the cell body of a neuron.

Words with the same origin as chromatolysis

Descendants of -lysis
acantholytic acetolysis acetolytic atmolysis autohydrolysis autoproteolysis biolysis cerumenolysis chemolysis elastinolysis electrolysis endoproteolysis glycohydrolysis heterolytic homolysis hydrolysis karyolysis karyolytic lipolysis neurolysis octanolysis oncolysis onycholysis tenolysis
Descendants of chromato-
chromatogram chromatography chromatomap chromatophilic chromatophore chromatoscanner chromatoscope chromatosphere haemochromatosis