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pyknosis
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pyknosis [pik′nō·səs]
(pathology)
The polymerization and contraction of the nuclear chromosomal components.


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Some cells possessed pyknotic nuclei, and numerous Kupffer cells (Fig 3).
Atretic follicles were characterized by the appearance of pyknotic granulosa cells, disorganized granulosa cells, and detachment from the basement membrane, a degenerating oocyte surrounded by an envelope of degenerating cumulus cells or loss of cumulus cells (Borgeest et al.
In addition, the epithelial cells appeared to be broken down with no definite boundary, and most nuclei have been lost or some became pyknotic (Fig.
 
 
 
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