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chromatolysis (medicine) and immune paralysis (medicine)


chromatolysis (medicine)


chromatolysis


The disintegration of the granules of chromophil substance (Nissl bodies) in a nerve cell body which may occur after exhaustion of the cell or damage to its peripheral process; Other changes considered part of chromatolysis include swelling of the perikaryon and shifting of the nucleus from its central position to the periphery.

Synonym: chromatinolysis, chromolysis, tigrolysis.

Origin: chromato-+ G. Lysis, dissolution

Central chromatolysis, chromatolysis associated with significant axonal injury.

Synonym: retrograde chromatolysis.


immune paralysis (medicine)


immune paralysis


The induction of tolerance in mice due to injection of large amounts of polysaccharide. The polysaccharide is poorly metabolised and the paralysis remains only during the persistence of the above.