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



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