Associations to the word «Osteoid»

Wiktionary

OSTEOID, adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bone; bonelike
OSTEOID, noun. An organic matrix of protein and polysaccharides, secreted by osteoblasts, that becomes bone after mineralization

Wise words

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