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osteogenesis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The formation and development of bone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences

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History

Etymology

From osteo- + -genesis.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: остеогенеза (osteogeneza) — the formation and development of bone
  • Catalan: osteogènesi — the formation and development of bone
  • Dutch: osteogenese — the formation and development of bone
  • French: ostéogenèse — the formation and development of bone
  • Galician: osteoxénese — the formation and development of bone
  • German: Osteogenese — the formation and development of bone
  • German: Knochenbildung — the formation and development of bone
  • Greek: οστεογένεση (osteogénesi) — the formation and development of bone
  • Icelandic: beinmyndun — the formation and development of bone
  • Irish: oistéigineas — the formation and development of bone
  • Italian: osteogenesi — the formation and development of bone
  • Japanese: 骨形成 (kotsukeisei) — the formation and development of bone
  • Kazakh: сүйек дамуы (süiek damuy) — the formation and development of bone
  • Polish: osteogeneza — the formation and development of bone
  • Portuguese: osteogénese — the formation and development of bone
  • Portuguese: osteogênese — the formation and development of bone
  • Romanian: osteogeneză — the formation and development of bone
  • Russian: остеогене́з (osteogenéz) — the formation and development of bone
  • Spanish: osteogénesis — the formation and development of bone
  • Ukrainian: остеогенез (osteohenez) — the formation and development of bone