Cell
chromatophore Audio
chro·mat·o·phore [ kruh-mat-uh-fawr, -fohr, kroh-muh-tuh ]
Subclass of:
Epithelial Cells
Definitions related to chromatophore:
  • A pigment-producing cell located in the deeper layers of the skin.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any color-producing cell; do not confuse with CHROMOPHORE, a color- producing chemical group.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The large pigment cells of fish, amphibia, reptiles and many invertebrates which actively disperse and aggregate their pigment granules. These cells include MELANOPHORES, erythrophores, xanthophores, leucophores and iridiophores. (In algae, chromatophores refer to CHLOROPLASTS. In phototrophic bacteria chromatophores refer to membranous organelles (BACTERIAL CHROMATOPHORES).)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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