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osteoblast

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A mononucleate cell from which bone develops.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a cell from which bone develops

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bone-forming cell

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: embryonic cell, formative cell

History

Etymology

From osteo- (“bone”) + -blast (“immature cell”).

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 成骨細胞 /成骨细胞 (chénggǔxìbāo) — cell
  • Dutch: osteoblast — cell
  • Finnish: luunemosolu — cell
  • Greek: οστεοβλάστη (osteovlásti) — cell
  • Hungarian: oszteoblaszt — cell
  • Irish: oistéablast — cell
  • Kazakh: остеобласт (osteoblast) — cell
  • Northern Kurdish: xaneya çêkerê hestî — cell
  • Spanish: osteoblasto — cell
  • Swedish: osteoblast — cell