odontoblast (plural odontoblasts)
A cell on the outer surface of dental pulp that produces tooth dentin.
Synonym: dentinoblast
Source: Wiktionary
O*don"to*blast, n. Etym: [Odonto- + -blast.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They are supposed to be connected with the formation of dentine.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the cells which secrete the chitinous teeth of Mollusca.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 March 2025
(noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
