Associations to the word «Pyknosis»

Noun

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Wiktionary

PYKNOSIS, noun. In biology, shrinkage and condensing, such as that of a dying cell or the appearance of a cell's nucleus.

Dictionary definition

PYKNOSIS, noun. A degenerative state of the cell nucleus.

Wise words

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