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auxochrome definition

auxo·chrome (ôk′sə krōm′)

noun

a radical or atom group, as NH or OH, needed to bond organic dyes to fabric fibers

Etymology: < Gr auxanein, to increase (< auxein: see auxin) + chrome

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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