endomitosis

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Etymology

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From endo- +‎ mitosis.

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endomitosis (usually uncountable, plural endomitoses)

  1. (biology) A type of cell cycle variation where mitosis is initiated, but some of the processes of mitosis are not completed. This will give rise to either a mononucleated or binucleated polyploid cell. Not to be confused with endoreplication.

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