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karyolysis
1. Dissolution of the cell nucleus so that it no longer takes a basic stain.
2. The disappearance of the interphase nucleus during the early prophase of mitosis.

It occurs normally, both as a form of necrobiosis and during the generation of new cells through mitosis and meiosis.

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