English Explanatory Dictionary

osteoclast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large multinuclear cell associated with the resorption of bone.
  2. An instrument for performing osteoclasis.

Word forms

osteoclast osteoclasts

Etymology

From osteo- (“bone”) + -clast (“break”).

Related words

osteoclasia osteoclasis

Derived words

osteoclastic osteoclastogenesis osteoclastogenic osteoclastoma preosteoclast
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