Medical Definition of Chromolysis

1. The disintegration of the granules of chromophil substance (Nissl bodies) in a nerve cell body which may occur after exhaustion of the cell or damage to its peripheral process; other changes considered part of chromatolysis include swelling of the perikaryon and shifting of the nucleus from its central position to the periphery. Synonym: chromatinolysis, chromolysis, tigrolysis. Origin: chromato-+ G. Lysis, dissolution Central chromatolysis, chromatolysis associated with significant axonal injury. Synonym: retrograde chromatolysis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chromolysis

chromogranins
chromograph
chromographies
chromographs
chromography
chromoisomerism
chromoleucite
chromoleucites
chromolithograph
chromolithographer
chromolithographers
chromolithographic
chromolithographs
chromolithography
chromolysis (current term)
chromomagnetic
chromomere
chromomeres
chromomeric
chromometer
chromometry
chromomycin
chromomycin a3
chromomycins
chromomycosis
chromonar
chromonar hydrochloride
chromone
chromonema

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