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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The dissolution or disintegration of chromophil material, such as chromatin, within a cell.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Dissolution of the nuclear chromatin: an evidence of coagulation necrosis on the part of cells.

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