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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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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.
Degenerating and regenerating fibers, loss of striations, groups of fibers with central or pyknotic nuclei, loss of cytoplasmic staining, and large numbers of macrophages (indicators of muscle damage) were not seen in muscle cross-sections from rats that performed resistance exercise.
 
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