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antiosteogenic

antiosteogenic adjective: inhibiting osteogenesis.

Adjective

antiosteogenic (not comparable)

  1. Inhibiting osteogenesis.
    • A possible explanation to the complex skeletal phenotype of ob/ob animals maybe a balance between anabolic actions of peripheral leptin and antiosteogenic actions of hypothalamic leptin.2016 January 28, “Lack of α 2C -Adrenoceptor Results in Contrasting Phenotypes of Long Bones and Vertebra and Prevents the Thyrotoxicosis-Induced Osteopenia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of antiosteogenic

From anti- + osteogenic.

Questions about antiosteogenic

What does antiosteogenic mean?
Antiosteogenic means inhibiting osteogenesis.
What part of speech is antiosteogenic?
Antiosteogenic is an adjective.

Words near antiosteogenic in the dictionary

  1. antiorthopoxvirus
  2. antiorthostatic
  3. antioside
  4. antiosteoarthritic
  5. antiosteoclastogenic
  6. antiosteogenic
  7. antiosteoporosis
  8. antiosteoporotic
  9. antiosteoporotics
  10. antiovine
  11. antiovulant

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