pyknotic

English

Bile infarct with pyknotic nuclei (arrows) (400x).

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pyknosis. See Ancient Greek πυκνωτικός (puknōtikós, “serving to close the pores”)

Adjective

pyknotic (comparative more pyknotic, superlative most pyknotic)

  1. (cytology) showing pyknosis
    a pyknotic nucleus
    Several intensely labeled pycnotic bodies point to the occurrence of cell death [...]
    rectum of T. derasa showing one morphologically intact zooxanthella and two pycnotic algal cells
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