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noun
A protein, found in bone and dentin and manufactured by osteoblasts, that plays a role in mineralization and calcium ion homeostasis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h3ésth1 Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English calc- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English osteocalcin From osteo- + calc- + -in.
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