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pyknotic

pyknotic adjective: showing pyknosis.

Adjective

pyknotic (comparative more pyknotic, superlative most pyknotic)

  1. showing pyknosis
    • a pyknotic nucleus
    • Several intensely labeled pycnotic bodies point to the occurrence of cell death [...]

Forms of pyknotic

comparativemore pyknotic
superlativemost pyknotic
alternative formpycnotic

Origin of pyknotic

From pyknosis. See Ancient Greek πυκνωτικός (puknōtikós, “serving to close the pores”).

Words formed from pyknotic

Questions about pyknotic

What does pyknotic mean?
Pyknotic means showing pyknosis.
What part of speech is pyknotic?
Pyknotic is an adjective.

Words near pyknotic in the dictionary

  1. pyknons
  2. pyknoses
  3. pyknosis
  4. pyknosome
  5. pyknosomes
  6. pyknotic
  7. pyknotized
  8. pykrete
  9. pyla
  10. Pylades
  11. pylae

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