heteropyknosis

heteropyknosis

 [het″er-o-pik-no´sis] 1. the quality of showing variations in density throughout.2. a state of differential condensation observed in different chromosomes, or in different regions of the same chromosome; it may be attenuated (negative heteropyknosis) or accentuated (positive heteropyknosis). adj., adj heteropyknot´ic.

het·er·o·pyk·no·sis

, negative hpositive h (het'ĕr-ō-pik-nō'sis), Any state of variable density or condensation, usually in different chromosomes or between different regions of the same chromosome; a region may be attenuated (negative h) or accentuated (positive h). [hetero- + G. pyknos, dense]

het·er·o·pyk·no·sis

(het'ĕr-ō-pik-nō'sis) Any state of variable density or condensation, usually in different chromosomes or between different regions of the same chromosome; a region may be attenuated (negative heteropyknosis) or accentuated (positive heterpyknosis). [hetero- + G. pyknos, dense]