n
(cytology) Any cell that lacks its normal pigmentation (especially an erythrocyte that has ruptured and lost its haemoglobin)
adj
(cytology, of a cell nucleus) Lacking the ability to be coloured by a stain.
n
(cytology) A cell (or tissue) that is not readily coloured by stains
n
(biology) lysis induced by cells of the same species or phylotype
adj
(genetics) Relating to, or causing alloproliferation
adj
(cytology) That can be stained with either an acidic or a basic dye.
adj
Forming starch; applied specifically to leucoplasts.
adj
Relating to, or composed of amyloid
n
A spherical aggregate of an amyloid
n
(biology) A form of apoptosis, due to the formation of large pores, in some cancer cells
n
(biology) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm.
n
(cytology) The presence of RBCs of varying size and shape.
n
(cytology) The form of apoptosis, or programmed cell death, that occurs when a cell becomes dislodged from its matrix
adj
(cytology) Having anomalous (irregularly shaped) cells
n
(biology, cytology) A process of programmed cell death by which cells undergo an ordered sequence of events which leads to death of the cell, as occurs during growth and development of the organism, as a part of normal cell aging, or as a response to cellular injury.
adj
(cytology) That is stained by silver salts
n
The absorption of foreign material in the cytoplasm of some cells
n
cytolysis by a lysin produced by the same cell
adj
Relating to, or producing autocytolysis
n
(pathology, cytology) The destruction of an organism's cells by enzymes produced by the organism itself.
n
(biology) A form of cell necrosis related to apoptosis
adj
Subjected to autophagocytosis
n
(cytology) A morphologically distinct form of cell
n
Organic waste left over after a cell dies by undergoing apoptosis or lysis. It is a natural waste product in animals, and in some cases is cleared away by the immune system.
adj
Relating to the centrosome.
adj
Of or pertaining to chitinolysis
adj
(cytology) Being readily stained
n
Alternative form of chromatolysis [The dissolution of the Nissl bodies in the cell body of a neuron.]
n
(cytology) Any cell that can be easily stained.
n
Alternative form of chromatophilia [(cytology) The property of a cell that readily stains with an appropriate dye]
n
(cytology) The state of colocalizing, occurring within the same cell or cellular region.
n
Inhibition of cell division in normal (noncancerous) cells when they contact a neighboring cell.
n
(cytology) A cell that is differentially coloured blue by a cytological dye
n
(cytology) The destruction of cells
n
(biology) A form of an organism that has a distinct cellular structure, normally as a result of a chromosomal difference
adj
Relating to, or composed of cytokines
n
The pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis
n
Synonym of autophagosome
n
(cytology) The ingestion of cells by phagocytes.
n
(cytology) differential behaviour of a population of cells
n
(biology) The breakdown of a plant's cell wall due to loss of water
n
(biology) The movement of cells between parts of an organism.
n
The prevention of the growth and multiplication of cells
n
(biology) The directive influence that determines the arrangement of cells; the selective, ordering, and arranging function of a living cell.
adj
That changes the morphology of a cell without killing it.
n
(cytology) Any abnormality in the nucleus of a cell
adj
Synonym of efferocytic
n
(cytology) The process by which the plasma membrane of a cell folds inwards to ingest material.
n
enzymatic glycolysis within a cell
n
(biology) endocytic proliferation
adj
Relating to, or causing endosomolysis
adj
Relating to euchromatin.
n
(microbiology, cytology) The property of a species that all members have the same pattern of cell division, and thus the same number of cells, either in the whole body or in a particular organ system such as the nervous system.
n
(biology) The secretion of substances through cellular membranes, either to excrete waste products or as a regulatory function.
adj
Of or pertaining to an exon.
n
The formation of fibrils
n
The formation of fibrils
n
(cytology) Cells or cellular material that stains readily with fuchsin.
adj
(cytology) That has an affinity for, or readily stains with fuchsin
adj
Relating to heterokaryons
adj
Relating to heteroplasmy
adj
Of or pertaining to heteroplasmy
adj
Relating to a hydrogenosome
n
(cytology) chromatolysis; the disappearance of chromatin, or of the nucleus, in a cell
n
The condition of a chromosome that is evenly coiled and stains uniformly
n
(biology) The dissolution of the nucleus of a cell by the action of deoxyribonuclease
adj
relating to, or causing karyolysis
adj
Relating to karyomeres.
adj
Relating to karyomitosis.
adj
Relating to a karyomorph
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of a karyotype
n
The disintegration of lymphocytes
n
(biology) All the material formed by the lysis of cells.
adj
Of, relating to, or causing lysis.
n
permeabilization or rupture of the membrane of a lysosome
adj
Alternative form of lysosomal [Of, pertaining to, or originating in lysosomes.]
adj
(medicine) Of a drug, able to penetrate the lysosomes of particular types of cell
n
(biochemistry) The propensity of any molecule to specifically and significantly associate with lysosomes.
n
(biology) The normal process of viral reproduction involving penetration of the cell membrane, nucleic acid synthesis and lysis of the host cell
v
To undergo macropinocytosis
n
(cytology) A form of endocytosis in which a large fluid-filled vesicle, or macropinosome, is pinched off from the cell membrane and brought into the interior of the cell
n
(biology) A microchimeric cell
n
(biology) The microautophagy of peroxisomes
adv
With regard to mitochondria
adj
Relating to mitochondriogenesis
n
(biology) mitochondrial fusion
n
(cytology) inhibition of mitosis
n
(biology) mitochondrial stress
n
Any substance that governs the movement and development of cells during morphogenesis by forming a concentration gradient in the developing tissue.
adj
(cytology) Having a normal colour (when stained)
adj
(cytology) Relating to, or connecting the nucleus and cytoskeleton of a cell
adj
Directed toward a nucleus.
adj
Relating to nucleopleomorphisms
adj
Relating to, or composed of a nucleosol
adj
That migrates towards the nucleus of a cell
adj
(biology) Having only a few members in a particular organ
adj
Relating to, or being an oligosome.
n
A membrane-derived microvesicle that is secreted by cancer cells and transfers oncogenic messages and protein complexes across cell borders
n
(medicine) A group of cells that, together with the evocator, control differentiation in the embryo; the inductor
n
(cytology) A type of cell that has a particular oxygen uptake rate
n
Synonym of pancytokeratin
adj
engulfed and ingested as a result of phagocytosis
n
An estimation of the concentration of phagocytes in a tissue sample
adj
Relating to photoendosomolysis
v
(transitive, biology) To perform pinocytosis on.
n
(biology) A form of endocytosis in which material enters a cell through its membrane and is incorporated in vesicles for digestion.
adj
Relating to, or composed of polyketides
adj
(biology) Following endocytosis
n
(biology) A type of receptor-mediated endocytosis in which small molecules are transported by caveolae across the plasma membrane of a cell and deposited directly into the cytosol.
adj
(biochemistry) Prior to the action of lysosomal enzymes
adj
Relating to a preribosome
adj
Relating to a primosome
adj
That leads to the production of acrosomes
adj
Relating to proliposomes.
n
The formation of protofibrils
n
The expulsion of material from a cell by a reverse of the endocytosis process
adj
Relating to, or causing sarcolysis
adj
(cytology, of a cell) That ceases to divide.
adj
(cytology) Exhibiting or relating to sudanophilia.
adj
Relating to, or containing teicoplanin
n
(cytology) Conversion to a form with a thyroidal appearance
adj
(toxicology, pharmacology) Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
adj
Of or pertaining to transcytosis.
n
The movement of material from one cell to another
n
(biology) transcellular mitophagy
adj
That has undergone trogocytosis
n
(biology) The expulsion of an organism from capture by a leucocyte or macrophage
n
(biology) A group of parasites with the same isoenzymes
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