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Definition of Pycnosis
1. Noun. A degenerative state of the cell nucleus.
Definition of Pycnosis
1. pyknosis [n -NOSES] - See also: pyknosis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pycnosis
Literary usage of Pycnosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Pathology: Being a Discussion of General Pathology from the by Harry Gideon Wells (1914)
"He found that during the stage when pycnosis is the chief feature there is no
appreciable change in the nucleus; that is, the nucleic acid has not been ..."
2. Contributions by Dept. of Anatomy, University of Minnesota Dept. of Anatomy, University of Minnesota (1916)
"In more advanced stages, the nucleus diminishes in size, with deepened coloration,
forming a dense, deeply-staining, homogeneous mass (typical pycnosis). ..."
3. Contributions by University of Minnesota Dept. of Anatomy (1917)
"The nuclear changes are likewise variable, but there is a very general tendency
to hyperchromatism, often reaching a definite pycnosis. ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"The marrows of the rabbits dying from ricin poisoning show marked depletion of
many cells, and pycnosis and fragmentation of the remaining cells which go to ..."
5. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"It is to be noted, however, that because of pycnosis these cells often resemble
round cells. It is to be noted also that in the subcutaneous abscesses ..."
6. The Story of Notation by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1903)
"... but Aristides gives a few notes below the lowest, and mentions another notation.
Such a scheme is called by Aristoxenus a " Cata- Complete pycnosis"—ie, ..."
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