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2024
osteocyte
osteocyte
English
Noun
osteocyte
(
plural
osteocytes
)
(
cytology
)
A mature bone cell involved with the maintenance of bone.
Translations
mature bone cell
Catalan:
osteòcit
m
Dutch:
osteocyt
(nl)
f
,
m
Finnish:
luusolu
Hungarian:
oszteocita
Malay:
osteosit
Russian:
остеоци́т
(ru)
m
(
osteocít
)
Etymology
osteo-
(
“
bone
”
)
+
-cyte
(
“
cell
”
)
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