Word Study
osteoarthritis |
osteoblast |
osteoblastoma |
osteochondroma |
osteoclasis |
osteoclast
| osteocolla
| osteocomma
| osteocope
| osteocranium
| osteocyte
osteoclast
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun osteoclast has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
osteoclast, n. [Osteo- + Gr. kla^n to break.].
- Same as myeloplax, a large multinucleate cell within the bone, which functions in the absroption and removal of bone tissue. [1913 Webster]" The osteoclasts occur usually in pits or cavities which they appear to have excavated, and are supposed to be concerned in the absorption of the bone matrix." [1913 Webster]
- An instrument for performing osteoclasis. [1913 Webster]
For further exploring for "osteoclast" in Webster Dictionary Online
