See Also: Chromatophobia(health)
chromatophobia(medicine)
continental(dictionary)
CONTINENTAL H(finance)
CONTINENTAL(finance)
Continental USA(tourism)
continental(dictionary)
Continental Divide(dictionary)
continental breakfast(dictionary)
continental drift(dictionary)

continental shield (sh) and chromatophobia (medicine)


continental shield (sh)




Any of the large stable areas of low relief (little variation in elevations) in the Earth's crust that are composed of Precambrian crystalline rocks.

These rocks are always more than 570 million years old, and some are as old as 2-3 billion years. Continental shields occur on each of the continents.


chromatophobia (medicine)


chromatophobia -->
chromophobia


1. Resistance to stains on the part of cells and tissues.

2. <psychology> A morbid dislike of colours.

Synonym: chromatophobia.

Origin: chromo-+ G. Phobos, fear