Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

karyomegaly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kary-omegaly
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of having an enlarged cell nucleus.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From karyo- + -megaly.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: karyo
Suffix: megaly

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

karyomegalic

Synonyms

cytokaryomegaly

Questions

What does karyomegaly mean?: The condition of having an enlarged cell nucleus.
Where does karyomegaly come from?: From karyo- + -megaly.

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