karyorrhexis
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Etymology
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[edit]karyorrhexis (countable and uncountable, plural karyorrhexes)
- The destructive fragmentation of the nucleus of a dying cell whereby its chromatin is distributed irregularly throughout the cytoplasm.
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[edit]karyorrhexis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia