SYN: hyperchromatism.
- macrocytic h. hyperchromatic macrocythemia; a misnomer inasmuch as the red blood cells are larger than normal, the total amount of hemoglobin per cell is increased, but the percentage of hemoglobin per cell is usually in the normochromic range.
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hy·per·chro·mia -'krō-mē-ə n
1) excessive pigmentation (as of the skin)
2) a state of the red blood cells marked by increase in the hemoglobin content
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hy·per·chro·mia (hi″pər-kroґme-ə) hyperchromatism.Medical dictionary. 2011.