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pycnosis

pycnosis is the alternative form of pyknosis.

Meaning of pyknosis

Noun

pyknosis (usually uncountable, plural pyknoses)

  1. (usually) Shrinkage and condensing, such as that of a dying cell or the appearance of a cell's nucleus.
    Synonyms:
    karyopyknosis

Forms of pycnosis

pluralpycnoses

Questions about pycnosis

What is pycnosis the alternative form of?
Pycnosis is the alternative form of pyknosis.

Words near pycnosis in the dictionary

  1. pycnophyid
  2. pycnophyids
  3. pycnophylactic
  4. pycnopodioside
  5. pycnoses
  6. pycnosis
  7. pycnosome
  8. pycnosomes
  9. pycnospore
  10. pycnospores
  11. pycnostad

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