chromatolysis

chromatolysis
chromatolytic /kreuh mat'l it"ik, kroh'meuh tl it"-/, adj.
/kroh'meuh tol"euh sis/, n. Cell Biol., Pathol.
the dissolution and disintegration of chromatin.
[1900-05; CHROMATO- + -LYSIS]

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