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oesteoclast

oesteoclast is the alternative form of osteoclast.

Meaning of osteoclast

Noun

osteoclast (plural osteoclasts)

  1. A large multinuclear cell associated with the resorption of bone.
    • Inhibition of osteoclast activation and differentiation is an effective strategy for blocking bone resorption.2022, Yajing Yang, Zhipeng Zeng, with Lei Yuan, Hong Cao, Jianmin Guo, and Xuchang Zhou, “Application and Molecular Mechanisms of Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Mesenchymal Stem Cells in...
  2. An instrument for performing osteoclasis.

Forms of oesteoclast

pluraloesteoclasts

Questions about oesteoclast

What is oesteoclast the alternative form of?
Oesteoclast is the alternative form of osteoclast.

Words near oesteoclast in the dictionary

  1. oesophagotomies
  2. oesophagotomy
  3. oesophagus
  4. oesophaguses
  5. oesteocalcin
  6. oesteoclast
  7. oesteoclastogenesis
  8. oesteoclasts
  9. Oesterling
  10. Oesterlings
  11. Oesterlé-Masser conjecture

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