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osteocyte

osteocyte noun: a mature bone cell involved with the maintenance of bone.

Noun

osteocyte (plural osteocytes)

  1. A mature bone cell involved with the maintenance of bone.

osteocyte meaning in Tamil, Telugu and Malay

osteocyte in Tamil

அத்திச்செல், எலும்புத்திசு, எலும்பு செல்

osteocyte in Telugu

mature bone cell
అస్థికణం asthikaṇaṁ

osteocyte in Malay

mature bone cell
osteosit

Forms of osteocyte

pluralosteocytes

Origin of osteocyte

From osteo- (“bone”) + -cyte (“cell”).

Words formed from osteocyte

Questions about osteocyte

What does osteocyte mean?
Osteocyte means a mature bone cell involved with the maintenance of bone.
What is osteocyte in Tamil?
Osteocyte in Tamil is அத்திச்செல், எலும்புத்திசு, எலும்பு செல். See Osteocyte meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is osteocyte?
Osteocyte is a noun.
What is the plural of osteocyte?
The plural of osteocyte is osteocytes.

Words near osteocyte in the dictionary

  1. osteocrania
  2. osteocranial
  3. osteocranium
  4. osteocrin
  5. osteocutaneous
  6. osteocyte
  7. osteocytes
  8. osteocytic
  9. osteocytogenesis
  10. osteocytogenic
  11. osteodegeneration

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Adapted from Wiktionary: osteocyte (page history and authors); osteocyte (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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