Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A state of unusually heightened or intensified coloration, as that of melanism or erythrism, in an animal.
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- noun The condition of having an unusual intensity of color.
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- noun An
abnormal intensity ofcolour .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In brief, the agencies that in our brain-cell studies were found to cause hyperchromatism followed by chromatolysis gave positive results in the Cannon test for adrenalin (Fig. 62).
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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The injection of adrenalin causes striking brain-cell changes: first, a hyperchromatism, then a chromatolysis.
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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B: Section of Cerebellum of Dog Showing the Effect of the Brain-cells of Iodoform Poisoning (x310). a increased mental tone; while the brain-cells accurately display these physiologic alterations in proportional hyperchromatism in the active stages, and proportional chromatolysis in the stages of reaction.
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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An animal, both of whose adrenals had been excised, showed no hyperchromatism in the brain-cells after the injection of strychnin, toxins, foreign proteins, etc.
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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-- Our experiments have shown that the brain-cell changes due to fear may be divided into two stages: First, that of hyperchromatism -- stimulation; second, that of hypochromatism -- exhaustion (Figs. 5 and 13).
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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Adrenalin alone causes hyperchromatism followed by chromatolysis, and in overdosage causes the destruction of some brain-cells.
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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Histologic examinations of the brains of both dogs showed marked hyperchromatism in the brain receiving adrenalin, while the brain receiving no adrenalin showed no change.
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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[d] The protective effect of the alkali is strikingly shown by the general hyperchromatism.
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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[d] The remarkable activating effect of adrenalin is strikingly shown by teh intense hyperchromatism.
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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