pyknotic

Variant of pyknosis

pyknosis definition

pyk·no·sis (pik nō′sis)

noun pl. pyknoses -·ses′ (-sēz′)

a process of thickening, esp. in the shrinking nucleus of a degenerating cell

Related Forms:

  • pyknotic pyk·not′ic (-nät′ik) adjective

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