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osteogenous

osteogenous is the alternative form of osteogenic.

Meaning of osteogenic

Adjective

osteogenic (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to, osteogenesis.
    • We examined the effect of recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 (OP-1, or bone morphogenetic protein-7), a member of the bone morphogenetic protein family, on growth and maturation of day 11, 15 and 17 chick sternal chondrocytes in high density monolayers, suspension and agarose cultures for up to...1995, Ping Chen, Slobodan Vukicevic, T. Kuber Sampath, Frank P. Luyten, “Osteogenic protein-1 promotes growth and maturation of chick sternal chondrocytes in serum-free cultures”, in Journal of Cell...

Origin of osteogenous

From osteo- + -genous.

Questions about osteogenous

What is osteogenous the alternative form of?
Osteogenous is the alternative form of osteogenic.

Words near osteogenous in the dictionary

  1. osteogenic
  2. osteogenically
  3. osteogenicities
  4. osteogenicity
  5. osteogenin
  6. osteogenous
  7. osteogens
  8. osteogeny
  9. osteoglophonic
  10. osteoglossid
  11. osteoglossids

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