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PYCNOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pycnosis mean? 

PYCNOSIS (noun)
  The noun PYCNOSIS has 1 sense:

1. a degenerative state of the cell nucleusplay

  Familiarity information: PYCNOSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PYCNOSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A degenerative state of the cell nucleus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

pycnosis; pyknosis

Hypernyms ("pycnosis" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

Derivation:

pycnotic (of or relating to or exhibiting pyknosis)


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