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PYCNOSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pycnosis mean?
• PYCNOSIS (noun)
The noun PYCNOSIS has 1 sense:
1. a degenerative state of the cell nucleus
Familiarity information: PYCNOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A degenerative state of the cell nucleus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
pycnosis; pyknosis
Hypernyms ("pycnosis" is a kind of...):
disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)
Derivation:
pycnotic (of or relating to or exhibiting pyknosis)
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