What does karyomegaly mean?
Karyomegaly means (cytology) The condition of having an enlarged cell nucleus..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(cytology) The condition of having an enlarged cell nucleus..
As the cell grows the large size of the nucleus appears to diminish, but in some cases karyomegaly exists, as in the mantle of Zonites, of slugs, and of Prosobranchs, the circumcerebral tissue of snails, and the tissue around the otocyst in Cyclostoma.
In addition, mammary glands in transgenic mice exhivited an increased occurrence of multinucleated cells, and some nuclei were enlarged (karyomegaly), with a hyperchromatic appearance.
For the few chemical compounds where the histogenesis of renal adenocarcinoma has been studied in detail, karyomegaly is often seen as one of the earliest cellular alterations which can be related to carcinogen exposure.
Use karyomegaly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Karyomegaly means (cytology) The condition of having an enlarged cell nucleus..
Common synonyms include cytokaryomegaly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
As the cell grows the large size of the nucleus appears to diminish, but in some cases karyomegaly exists, as in the mantle of Zonites, of slugs, and of Prosobranchs, the circumcerebral tissue of snails, and the tissue around the otocyst in Cyclostoma.
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