"osteoblast" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: osteoblasts [plural]
Etymology: From osteo- (“bone”) + -blast (“immature cell”). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|osteo|blast|gloss1=bone|gloss2=immature cell}} osteo- (“bone”) + -blast (“immature cell”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} osteoblast (plural osteoblasts)
  1. (biology, cytology) A mononucleate cell from which bone develops. Wikipedia link: osteoblast Categories (topical): Biology, Cytology Related terms: osteoblastoma, osteoblastocyte, osteoblastopenia, osteoclast, periosteoblast Translations (cell): osteoblast (Dutch), luunemosolu (Finnish), οστεοβλάστη (osteovlásti) [feminine] (Greek), oszteoblaszt (Hungarian), oistéablast [masculine] (Irish), xaneya çêkerê hestî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), osteoblasto [masculine] (Spanish), osteoblast [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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