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chondrocytes

chondrocytes is the plural of chondrocyte.

Meaning of chondrocyte

Noun

chondrocyte (plural chondrocytes)

  1. A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
    • Ectopic chondrocyte hypertrophy has been demonstrated in OA, suggesting that the pathogenetical process involves a recapitulation of endochondral ossification [ 11 – 13 ].2010 January 29, Anita Woods et al., “Control of chondrocyte gene expression by actin dynamics: a novel role of cholesterol/Ror-α signalling in endochondral bone growth”, in Journal of Cellular and...

Questions about chondrocytes

What is chondrocytes the plural of?
Chondrocytes is the plural of chondrocyte.

Words near chondrocytes in the dictionary

  1. chondrocrania
  2. chondrocranial
  3. chondrocranium
  4. chondrocutaneous
  5. chondrocyte
  6. chondrocytes
  7. chondrocytic
  8. chondrodermatitis
  9. chondrodermatitis nodularis chronica helicis
  10. chondrodifferentiation
  11. chondrodite

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