mitotic catastrophe, cell death occurring during metaphase, cell death preceded by multinucleation
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Definition
OBSOLETE. A type of programmed cell death that occurs during or shortly after a dysregulated or failed mitosis and can be accompanied by morphological alterations including micronucleation and multinucleation.
Source:PMID:18846107
Comment
This term was made obsolete because it does not refer to a true process, but rather to the consequences of aberrations occurred during mitosis.