pycnosis

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A form of pyknosis — Shrinkage and condensing, such as that of a dying cell or the appearance of a cell's nucleus.

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Meanings

nounpycnosis (usually uncountable, plural pycnoses)

plural pycnoses

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of pyknosis.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna degenerative state of the cell nucleus

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disease
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pyknosis

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

pycnosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pycnosis

MLA

“pycnosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pycnosis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pycnosis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pycnosis.

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