Karyorrhexis

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karyorrhexis [‚kar·ē·ə′rek·səs]

(cell and molecular biology)

Fragmentation of a nucleus with scattering of the pieces in the cytoplasm.

Karyorrhexis

the breakdown of a cell nucleus into parts; one of the intermediate stages of necrobiosis (after karyopyknosis and before karyolysis) that precedes the death of a cell. The nuclear membrane is destroyed and the nucleic acids show up asseparate clumps in the cytoplasm.

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No references found			This process is characterized by patchy, circumscribed or confluent areas of necrosis that are associated with karyorrhexis (figure 1). Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease by Kulak, Jessica; Smith, Lee P.; Acar, Behram C.; Weed, Donald T. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal This necrosis was characterized by lymphocytic karyorrhexis in the white pulp, and fibrinoid necrosis, congestion, and endothelial cell swelling in the red pulp, accompanied by cell debris. Experimental infection of ground squirrels (Spermophilus ... by Xiao, Shu-Yuan / Emerging Infectious Diseases A: When normal or benign cells die, they go through karyorrhexis, a process in which you see fragmentation of nuclei. The Post Investigates The Pancreas by Medical Update			Karun Karun River Karun, Lake Karur Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions Karvaš, Peter Karvas, Peter Karvina Karviná Karwachoth Karyai Karymskaia Sopka Karymskoe karyocyte karyodesma Karyogamy Karyogram karyokinesis Karyology karyolymph Karyolysis karyomastigont Karyoplasm karyoplasmic ratio Karyopyknosis Karyorrhexis karyosphere Karyosystematics Karyotype Karzai Karzai, Hamid Kas Kasack, Hermann Kasai Kasai River Kasakh Kasala Kasan Kasanje Kasansai Kasatkin, Ivan Kasatkin, Ivan Mikhailovich Kasatkin, Nikolai Kasatkin, Nikolai Alekseevich Kasatkin, Viktor Kasatkin, Viktor Ivanovich Kasatkina, Liudmila Kasatkina, Liudmila Ivanovna Kasatonov, Vladimir Kasatonov, Vladimir Afanasevich Kasavubu, Joseph			karyolysis karyolysis karyolytic karyomastigont karyomegaly karyomere karyometry karyomicrosome karyomit karyomitome Karyomiton karyomitosis karyomorphism karyon karyon karyophage Karyopherin karyoplasm karyoplasm karyoplasm Karyoplasma Karyoplasma Karyoplasma karyoplasmic ratio karyoplasmic ratio karyoplast karyopyknosis karyopyknosis karyopyknosis karyoreticulum Karyorrhexis karyosome karyosome karyosphere karyospheric karyostasis Karyostenosis Karyostenotic Karyosystematics Karyotheca Karyotheca Karyotheca karyotin karyotin karyotype karyotype karyotype Karyotype 45,X Karyotype 45,X Karyotype 47,XXX Karyotype 47,XYY karyotyped karyotyped karyotyped karyotypes karyotypes karyotypes karyotypic karyotypic karyotypic karyotypical

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