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Webster 1913 Edition


Osteoid

Os′te-oid

,
Adj.
[
Osteo-
+
-oid
: cf. Gr. [GREEK].]
(Anat.)
Resembling bone; bonelike.

Definition 2024


osteoid

osteoid

English

Adjective

osteoid (comparative more osteoid, superlative most osteoid)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bone; bonelike

Noun

osteoid (plural osteoids)

  1. An organic matrix of protein and polysaccharides, secreted by osteoblasts, that becomes bone after mineralization

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