chromatolysis

noun

chro·ma·tol·y·sis | \ ˌkrō-mə-ˈtä-lə-səs

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Definition of chromatolysis

: the dissolution and breaking up of chromophil material (such as chromatin) of a cell and especially a nerve cell

History and Etymology for chromatolysis

borrowed from French chromatolyse, from chromato- chromato- + -lyse -lysis

Note: Term introduced by the Romanian neurologist Georges Marinesco (Gheorghe Marinescu, 1863-1938), probably first in "Des polynévrites en rapport avec les lésions secondaires et les lésions primitives des cellules nerveuses," Revue neurologique, tome 4 (1896), p. 133.

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chromatolysis

noun

chro·ma·tol·y·sis | \ ˌkrō-mə-ˈtäl-ə-səs

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plural chromatolyses\-ˌsēz

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Medical Definition of chromatolysis

: the dispersal of Nissl substance in the cell body of a neuron resulting from axonal stress (as that induced by injury or neurodegenerative disease)

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