Definition of Pycnotic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or exhibiting pyknosis.

Exact synonyms: Pyknotic
Derivative terms: Pycnosis, Pyknosis
Partainyms: Pyknosis, Pyknosis

Definition of Pycnotic

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of pyknotic) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pycnotic

1. pyknotic [adj] - See also: pyknotic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pycnotic

pycnodonts
pycnodysostosis
pycnogenol
pycnogenols
pycnogonid
pycnogonids
pycnometer
pycnometers
pycnon
pycnons
pycnonuclear
pycnoses
pycnosis
pycnostyle
pycnostyles
pycnotic (current term)
pycrite
pye
pye-dog
pyebald
pyebalds
pyeing
pyelitic
pyelitides
pyelitis
pyelitises
pyelogram
pyelograms
pyelographic
pyelographically

Literary usage of Pycnotic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"The matrix of the cartilages is stained deeply with eosin; the cells in the lacunae are normal in several places, their nuclei somewhat pycnotic elsewhere. ..."

2. The Venom of Heloderma by Leo Loeb (1913)
"In places the pycnotic and necrotic elements were inclosed by an investing ... In all tubules, both normal and pycnotic, there were large accumulations of ..."

3. Contributions by University of Minnesota Dept. of Anatomy (1917)
"The nuclei have a variable tendency to hyperchromatism, occasionally becoming pycnotic, especially in certain atrophic areas. The cytoplasm tends to lose ..."

4. A Text-book of Histology: Arranged Upon an Embryological Basis by Frederic Thomas Lewis, Philipp Stöhr (1913)
"In later stages the nuclei become densely shrunken or pycnotic, ... Before they disappear, the pycnotic nuclei often assume mulberry, dumbbell, ..."

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