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Definition of Pyknosis
1. Noun. A degenerative state of the cell nucleus.
Definition of Pyknosis
1. Noun. In biology, shrinkage and condensing, such as that of a dying cell or the appearance of a cell's nucleus. ¹
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Definition of Pyknosis
1. a shrinking and thickening of a cell nucleus [n -NOSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyknosis
Literary usage of Pyknosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Aspects of Mustard Gas Poisoning by Aldred Scott Warthin, Carl Vernon Weller (1919)
"pyknosis and vacuolation are a little more pronounced. ... The pyknosis of the
corneal epithelium is as above, but the substantia propria shows a distinctly ..."
2. Report. by Henry Phipps Institute (1906)
"Nissl method: The ganglion-cells within the neighborhood of the area of softening
are mainly in a condition of advanced pyknosis. ..."
3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"In addition to the loss of lipoid, the cells of the middle fasciculata often show
degenerative changes in the form of swelling of the cell body and pyknosis ..."
4. A Text-book of Pathology by Alfred Stengel, Herbert Fox (1915)
"pyknosis. a. Degeneration of the cell membrane is a regular phenomenon of gradual
physiological cell destruction, as in the ovary, testis, epithelia. etc. ..."
5. A Text-book of Pathology by Alfred Stengel (1906)
"pyknosis. a. Degeneration of the cell membrane is a regular phenomenon b. In the
budding process the nucleus may be small and deeply of gradual ..."
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