osteoclast
osteoclast noun: a large multinuclear cell associated with the resorption of bone.
Noun
osteoclast (plural osteoclasts)
- 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...
- An instrument for performing osteoclasis.
osteoclast meaning in Tamil
osteoclast in Tamil
- அத்திகரைப்பி, எலும்பு முறிவு சீரமைப்புப் பொறி, என்பு நீக்குகலம், எலும்புறிஞ்சி, என்புடைக்குங்கலம்
Forms of osteoclast
| plural | osteoclasts |
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Origin of osteoclast
From osteo- (“bone”) + -clast (“break”).
Words formed from osteoclast
Questions about osteoclast
- What does osteoclast mean?
- Osteoclast means a large multinuclear cell associated with the resorption of bone.
- What is osteoclast in Tamil?
- Osteoclast in Tamil is அத்திகரைப்பி, எலும்பு முறிவு சீரமைப்புப் பொறி, என்பு நீக்குகலம். See Osteoclast meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is osteoclast?
- Osteoclast is a noun.
- What is the plural of osteoclast?
- The plural of osteoclast is osteoclasts.
Words near osteoclast in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: osteoclast (page history and authors); osteoclast (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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