OSTEOBLAST

osteoblast, bone-forming cell

(noun) a cell from which bone develops

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

osteoblast (plural osteoblasts)

(biology, cytology) A mononucleate cell from which bone develops.

Source: Wiktionary


Os"te*o*blast, n. Etym: [Osteo- + -blast.] (Anat.)

Definition: One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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