Chrys-
1.
variant of before a vowel:
chryselephantine.
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[kris-uh-lid] /ˈkrɪs ə lɪd/ Entomology noun 1. a chrysalis. adjective 2. of a chrysalis. /ˈkrɪsəlɪd/ noun 1. another name for chrysalis adjective 2. of or relating to a chrysalis adj. “pertaining to a chrysalis,” c.1810, see chrysalis. As a noun variant of chrysalis, 1620s, perhaps from Middle French chrysalide.
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[kris-uh-lis] /ˈkrɪs ə lɪs/ noun, plural chrysalises, chrysalides [kri-sal-i-deez] /krɪˈsæl ɪˌdiz/ (Show IPA) 1. the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa. /ˈkrɪsəlɪs/ noun (pl) chrysalises, chrysalides (krɪˈsælɪˌdiːz) 1. the obtect pupa of a moth or butterfly 2. anything in the process of developing n. c.1600, from Latin chrysallis, from Greek khrysallis […]
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[kris-uh-lis] /ˈkrɪs ə lɪs/ noun, plural chrysalises, chrysalides [kri-sal-i-deez] /krɪˈsæl ɪˌdiz/ (Show IPA) 1. the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa. /ˈkrɪsəlɪs/ noun (pl) chrysalises, chrysalides (krɪˈsælɪˌdiːz) 1. the obtect pupa of a moth or butterfly 2. anything in the process of developing n. c.1600, from Latin chrysallis, from Greek khrysallis […]
- Chryse-planitia
[krahy-see pluh-nish-uh] /ˈkraɪ si pləˈnɪʃ ə/ noun, Astronomy. 1. a plain on Mars, the landing site of the Viking I spacecraft.
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chrysiasis chry·si·a·sis (krĭ-sī’ə-sĭs) n. A permanent slate-gray discoloration of the skin and sclera resulting from deposition of gold in the connective tissue of the skin and eye after the therapeutic administration of gold salts. Also called chrysoderma.