Medical Definition of Chromatolysis
1. The disintegration of the granules of chromophil substance (Nissl bodies) in a nerve cell body which may occur after exhaustion of the cell or damage to its peripheral process; other changes considered part of chromatolysis include swelling of the perikaryon and shifting of the nucleus from its central position to the periphery. Synonym: chromatinolysis, chromolysis, tigrolysis. Origin: chromato-+ G. Lysis, dissolution Central chromatolysis, chromatolysis associated with significant axonal injury. Synonym: retrograde chromatolysis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chromatolysis
Literary usage of Chromatolysis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Histology by Alexander A. Böhm, M. von Davidoff (1904)
"E. chromatolysis. In the living organism many cells are destroyed during the
various physiologic processes and replaced by new ones. On the death of a cell, ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1906)
"chromatolysis of many nerve cells is also evident. This is especially marked in
the segments below and including lumbar IV. In these segments there are ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"chromatolysis of many nerve cells is also evident. This is especially marked in
the segments below and including lumbar IV. In these segments there are ..."
4. The American Journal of Insanity by New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum (1905)
"In a few of the large pyramids the chromatolysis seemed to be of a distinctly
... While the evidence seems to point to a central chromatolysis which in the ..."
5. Review of Neurology and Psychiatry (1905)
"The majority showed some degree of chromatolysis. ... Almost all the cells were
swollen, and showed a marked degree of chromatolysis. ..."
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