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- Ancient Greek · derived fromπύκνωσις“thickening”
- English todaypyknosis
From Ancient Greek πύκνωσις (púknōsis, “thickening”), from πυκνός (puknós, “compact”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pyknosis
Today it means: Shrinkage and condensing, such as that of a dying cell or the appearance of a cell's nucleus. Full definition →
Ancient Greek πύκνωσις