"osteocyte" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: osteocytes [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English osteocyte From osteo- (“bone”) + -cyte (“cell”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|osteo-<t:bone>|-cyte<t:cell>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English osteocyte [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "bone", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₃ésth₁", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ὀστέον", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "osteo-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "gloss" : "cell", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κῠ́τος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cyta", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-cyte", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "osteocyte", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="osteocyte"> From osteo- (“bone”) + -cyte (“cell”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} osteocyte (plural osteocytes)
  1. (cytology) A mature bone cell involved with the maintenance of bone. Derived forms: osteocytic, osteocytogenesis, preosteocyte Translations (mature bone cell): osteòcit [masculine] (Catalan), osteocyt [masculine] (Czech), osteocyt [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), luusolu (Finnish), Osteozyt [masculine] (German), oszteocita (Hungarian), osteocita [masculine] (Italian), osteocito [masculine] (Italian), osteosit (Malay), xaneya hestî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), osteócito [masculine] (Portuguese), osteocit [neuter] (Romanian), остеоци́т (osteocít) [masculine] (Russian), osteocito [masculine] (Spanish), అస్థికణం (asthikaṇaṁ) (Telugu)

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