SINCE 1828
karyopyknosis
noun
kar·yo·pyk·no·sis
| \ ˌkar-ē-(ˌ)ō-pik-ˈnō-səs
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Medical Definition of karyopyknosis
: shrinkage of the cell nuclei of epithelial cells (as of the vagina) with breakup of the chromatin into unstructured granules
Other Words from karyopyknosis
karyopyknotic
\ -ˈnät-ik
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adjective
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adjective
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