Relating to or involving the use of chromatography, a separation technique that divides mixtures into individual components.
From 'chromatograph' + suffix '-ic' (relating to). Developed as chemists began to standardize terminology around the technique in the mid-20th century.
Chromatographic methods have revolutionized everything from drug testing to environmental monitoring—if scientists need to know what's really in something, they probably used a chromatographic technique to find out.
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