Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as pycnomorphic.

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  • adjective Alternative spelling of pyknotic.

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  • adjective of or relating to or exhibiting pyknosis

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Examples

  • If daily injections of anterohypo physeal extracts are continued for several weeks, beta cells first show pycnotic nuclei and then gradually disappear in great numbers.

    Bernardo Houssay - Nobel Lecture 1964

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