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Webster 1913 Edition


Odontoblast

O-don′to-blast

,
Noun.
[
Odonto-
+
-blast
.]
1.
(Anat.)
One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They are supposed to be connected with the formation of dentine.
2.
(Zool.)
One of the cells which secrete the chitinous teeth of Mollusca.