osteochondroprogenitor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A progenitor cell that arises from mesenchymal stem cells in the bone marrow and has the ability to differentiate into an osteoblast or a chondrocyte.

Word forms

osteochondroprogenitor osteochondroprogenitors

Etymology

From osteo- + chondroprogenitor.

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