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Answer for the clue "Bonelike ", 7 letters:
osteoid

Word definitions for osteoid in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bone; bonelike n. An organic matrix of protein and polysaccharides, secreted by osteoblasts, that becomes bone after mineralization

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Osteoid \Os"te*oid\, a. [Osteo- + -oid: cf. Gr. ?.] (Anat.) Resembling bone; bonelike.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In histology , osteoid is the unmineralized, organic portion of the bone matrix that forms prior to the maturation of bone tissue . Osteoblasts begin the process of forming bone tissue by secreting the osteoid as several specific proteins . When the osteoid ...

Usage examples of osteoid.

In addition to the causes enumerated, inflammation of osseous tissue, or osteoid carcinoma, has been found at the seat of a spontaneous fracture.

Enchondroma may be composed of osteoid tissue, such as is found in the ossifying callous between the bone and the periosteum, and, according to Virchow, then takes the name of osteochondroma.