osteocyte

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Translations

English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From osteo- (“bone”) + -cyte (“cell”)

Noun [edit]

osteocyte (plural osteocytes)

(cytology) A mature bone cell involved with the maintenance of bone.

Translations [edit]

mature bone cell

Catalan: osteòcit (ca) m
Dutch: osteocyt (nl) f and m

Finnish: luusolu (fi)
Russian: остеоци́т (ru) (osteocít) m

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