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Osteoblast

Osteoblast Meaning & Definition
Osteoblast Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Osteoblast?

[n] a cell from which bone develops

Synonyms | Synonyms for Osteoblast: bone-forming cell

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See Also | embryonic cell | formative cell

Osteoblast In Webster's Dictionary

\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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