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Osteoblast

Os′te-o-blast

,
Noun.
[
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.

Definition 2024


osteoblast

osteoblast

English

Noun

osteoblast (plural osteoblasts)

  1. (biology, cytology) A mononucleate cell from which bone develops.

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