Usually means: Nuclear condensation during cell death.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (pyknosis)

▸ noun:  (biology) Shrinkage and condensing, such as that of a dying cell or the appearance of a cell's nucleus.

Similar:
pycnosis, karyopyknosis, karyoclasis, apoptosis, cell death, schizogeny, necroptosis, karyokinesis, cytokinesis, cellularization, more...

Opposite:
karyolysis, chromolysis, nuclear dissolution

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Similar:
pycnosis, karyopyknosis, karyoclasis, apoptosis, cell death, schizogeny, necroptosis, karyokinesis, cytokinesis, cellularization, more...

Opposite:
karyolysis, chromolysis, nuclear dissolution



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