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A cell from which bone develops
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osteoblast
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context biology cytology English) A mononucleate cell from which bone develops.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a cell from which bone develops [syn: bone-forming cell ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Osteoblast \Os"te*o*blast\, n. [Osteo- + -blast.] (Anat.) 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.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Osteoblast (from the Greek combining forms for " bone ", ὀστέο-, osteo- and βλαστάνω, blastanō "germinate") are cells with a single nucleus that synthesize bone . However, in the process of bone formation , osteoblasts function in groups of connected cells. ...
Usage examples of osteoblast.
Osteoporosis means basically that the osteoclasts are outrunning the osteoblasts, resulting in a relative loss of bone tissue.
How many who know all about osteoblasts and the experiments of Ollier, and all that has grown out of them, know where to go for a paper by the late Dr.