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osteocytenoun(cytology) A mature bone cell involved with the maintenance of bone.
osteoblastnoun(biology, cytology) A mononucleate cell from which bone develops.
preosteoclastnounA type of cell that develops into an osteoclast
chondroclastnoun(cytology) A large, multinucleated cell involved in the resorption of calcified cartilage
osteoplastnoun(archaic) An osteoblast.
preosteocytenoun(cytology) A cell, derived from an osteoblast, that develops into an osteocyte
cementoclastnoun(dentistry, zoology) A multinucleated giant cell that consumes cementum.
oncocytenounA large, granular cell, having many mitochondria, found in salivary and certain endocrine glands.
octeocytenounMisspelling of osteocyte. [(cytology) A mature bone cell involved with the maintenance of bone.]
odontoclastnounA form of osteoclast associated with absorption of the roots of deciduous teeth
osteochondrophytenoun(biology) a tumor composed of bone and cartilage
apocytenoun(cytology) A multinucleate cell
blast cellnounAn undifferentiated or immature cell.
myeloplaxnoun(anatomy, obsolete) One of the huge multinucleated cells found in bone marrow and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell.
osteospheroidnounA spheroidal cluster of stem cells grown on an osteoconductive scaffold
cementoblastnounA cell that forms from the follicular cells around the root of a tooth, and whose biological function is cementogenesis.
odontocytenounSynonym of odontoblast.
myelocytenounA large cell, found in bone marrow, that becomes a granulocyte when mature.
corticocytenoun(cytology) A cortical cell (of the brain)
oenocytoidnounA large cell, in the blood of some insects, that resembles an oenocyte

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