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Answer for the clue "Disintegration and dissolution of a cell nucleus when a cell dies ", 10 letters:
karyolysis

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. disintegration and dissolution of a cell nucleus when a cell dies

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Karyolysis (from Greek κάρυον karyon , "kernel, seed or nucleus", and λύσις lysis from λύειν lyein , "to separate") is the complete dissolution of the chromatin of a dying cell due to the enzymatic degradation by endonucleases . The whole cell will eventually ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context biology English) The dissolution of the nucleus of a cell by the action of deoxyribonuclease