Usually means: Nuclear condensation during cell death.
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▸ noun:  Alternative form of pyknosis [(biology) Shrinkage and condensing, such as that of a dying cell or the appearance of a cell's nucleus.]

Similar:
pyknosis, cytopaenia, chromolysis, haploidization, ecpyrosis, kataplasia, vacuolization, pyknocytosis, cytopheresis, pneumatisation, more...

Opposite:
apoptosis, cell expansion, cell growth

Types:
apoptosis, necrosis, pyroptosis, pyronecrosis, more...

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Similar:
pyknosis, cytopaenia, chromolysis, haploidization, ecpyrosis, kataplasia, vacuolization, pyknocytosis, cytopheresis, pneumatisation, more...

Opposite:
apoptosis, cell expansion, cell growth

Types:
apoptosis, necrosis, pyroptosis, pyronecrosis, more...



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