ends during starts during death cell apoptotic cell eriksegerdell A cell that is in the process of programmed cell death. The process is characterized by morphological changes (e.g. blebbing, cell shrinkage, nuclear fragmentation, chromatin condensation, and chromosomal DNA fragmentation) ending in cell death. 2013-04-10T19:46:34Z XAO:0004501 xenopus_anatomy NF stage 10