trichrome

English

Etymology

tri- +‎ -chrome

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹaɪˌkɹəʊm/
• Hyphenation: tri‧chrome

Adjective

trichrome (not comparable)

1. trichromatic (involving three colours)
   • 1994, David Zeitlyn, “Mambila figurines and masquerades: Problems of interpretation”, in African Arts‎^[1], volume 27, number 4:

     Like the Mumuye and Chamba examples they have a trichrome system of decoration in which red (ochre) and white (chalk) accents are set against an opaque and granular black (soot) background.

2. (cytology, of a stain) Staining three different tissues three different colours.
   • 1995, Joan E. Sanders, Barry S. Goldstein, Daniel F. Leotta, “Skin response to mechanical stress: Adaptation rather than breakdown--A review of the literature”, in Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development‎^[2], volume 32, number 3:

     To summarize: it is possible to make reasonable predictions about the type of force to which connective tissues are subjected by examination of the morphological and biochemical features of […] the histological staining reaction of the collagen fibers by the Masson trichrome stain […]

   • 2011, Colleen A. McMullen et al., “Chronic Stimulation-Induced Changes in the Rodent Thyroarytenoid Muscle”, in Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research‎^[3], volume 54, number 3:

     Mitochondrial content was estimated based on visualization of the modified Gomori's trichrome stain.

Noun

trichrome (plural trichromes)

1. (cytology) A combined stain that stains three different tissues three different colours.
   • 2001, Laura E. Edsberg, Joseph R. Natiella, JoAnn Earle, “Microstructural characteristics of human skin subjected to static versus cyclic pressures”, in Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development‎^[4], volume 38, number 5:

     The stains used were hematoxylin and eosin (H&E), Masson's trichrome, and Verhoeff's stain. Sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin have nuclei that were stained blue, cartilage and calcium deposits stained dark blue, cytoplasm and other constituents stained shades of red, and blood stained bright red.

   • 2011, Colleen A. McMullen et al., “Chronic Stimulation-Induced Changes in the Rodent Thyroarytenoid Muscle”, in Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research‎^[5], volume 54, number 3:

     Muscle sections stained with modified Gomori's trichrome demonstrated that thyroarytenoid muscles from both the 1- and 2-week chronic nerve-stimulated rats contained fibers with mitochondrial accumulations.

   • 2012, Kamuran Zeynep Sevim, Ozlem Silistreli, Metin Gorgu, Osman Sevim, Bekir Ergur, “Short-term vasculoprotective effects of imatinib mesylate on intimal hyperplasia of arterial anastomosis: An experimental study using a rabbit model”, in Plastic Surgery, volume 20, number 4, →PMID:

     Segmental sections 5 μm thick were prepared and stained with hematoxylin and eosin, and Masson’s trichrome and analyzed by the senior pathologist using a light microscope (Olympus BX-50, Olympus, Japan).

French

Etymology

From tri- +‎ -chrome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.kʁom/

Adjective

trichrome (plural trichromes)

1. trichromatic

   Synonym: tricolore

   Hypernym: polychrome

Related terms

• trichromate
• trichromie

 

See also

• couleur
• trois

 

Further reading

• “trichrome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.