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osteoclasts

osteoclasts is the plural 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.

Questions about osteoclasts

What is osteoclasts the plural of?
Osteoclasts is the plural of osteoclast.

Words near osteoclasts in the dictionary

  1. osteoclastogenic
  2. osteoclastogenicity
  3. osteoclastoma
  4. osteoclastomas
  5. osteoclastomata
  6. osteoclasts
  7. osteoclasty
  8. osteoclasy
  9. osteocolla
  10. osteocompatibility
  11. osteocompatible

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