Medical Dictionary
heteropyknosis
noun het·ero·pyk·no·sis
Medical Definition of HETEROPYKNOSIS
: the quality or state of some chromosomes or of parts of some chromosomes in a nucleus of taking up more stain and being more tightly coiled or of taking up less stain and being less tightly coiled than is usual—compare isopyknosis
—het·ero·pyk·not·ic also het·ero·pyc·not·ic \-ˈnät-ik\ adjective
Variants of HETEROPYKNOSIS
het·ero·pyk·no·sis also het·ero·pyc·no·sis \ˌhet-ə-rō-pik-ˈnō-səs\
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