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The result was no consensus. Relisted for a third time without needing to, no further input since (non-admin closure) Rubbish computer (Talk: Contribs) 08:50, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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This article is inaccurate. By definition of the word, a chromatophobe would be any cell that does not take up color when stained. I was going to rewrite this article to describe this, but I can find a total of 1 result on Pubmed and 0 on clinicalkey and accessmedicine where this term is used. Google results include a few very old uses of this word. If anything, this could be a dictionary definition. Natureium (talk) 15:01, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 15:06, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, sources exist - PubMed has Medvedev 1995 for instance, while Google Scholar has numerous mentions. It seems a bit DICDEF-ish to me. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:13, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• As the nomination says, the article is inaccurate, and the only sources that exist are medical dictionaries (e.g. Stedman's and Mosby's) that report that "chromatophobe" is synonymous with "chromophobe", and is simply the antonym of "chromatophile"/"chromatophil". It means any cell that does not stain. And that's it. Other sources use it to mean that, and do not make it the name of a distinct subject. It is a pity that staining does not discuss resistance. But that is probably where the fact that not all cells stain should be explained to readers. chromatophobe, chromophobe, chromatophile, chromophile, chromatophil, and chromophil could all redirect there, if that were so. But for now redirect to chromophobe cell which this simply duplicates poorly. Uncle G (talk) 14:31, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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