OSTEOBLASTS

Noun

osteoblasts

plural of osteoblast

Source: Wiktionary


OSTEOBLAST

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



RESET




Word of the Day

8 January 2025

SYCAMORE

(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

coffee icon