Meanings
comparative more pyknotic · superlative most pyknotic · alternative pycnotic
- biologyshowing pyknosis
a pyknotic nucleus
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Several intensely labeled pycnotic bodies point to the occurrence of cell death [...]
rectum of T. derasa showing one morphologically intact zooxanthella and two pycnotic algal cells
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to or exhibiting pyknosis
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπυκνωτικός“serving to close the pores”
- Englishpyknotic
From pyknosis. See Ancient Greek πυκνωτικός (puknōtikós, “serving to close the pores”).
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