osteogenic

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In the stages of healing of a fracture of tubular bone, e. usually present soon after puberty according to the periosteal (proliferative) theory a. osteogenic cells are stimulated to proliferate within 42.

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  1. adjective Derived from or composed of bone-forming tissue.
  2. adjective Of or relating to osteogenesis.

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  • PTHrP promotes the recruitment of osteogenic cells and prevents apoptotic death of osteoblasts and osteocytes. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Cerapedics is a privately held medical device company focused on developing and commercializing novel osteobiologic products based on its proprietary small peptide attachment factor technology platform. i-FACTOR bone graft is the only orthopedic bone graft substitute that combines a unique anorganic bone mineral (ABM) and small peptide (P-15 ™) to act as an attachment factor for specific integrins on osteogenic cells. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • To investigate the role of WISP-1 in osteogenic processes, we characterized its tissue and cellular expression and evaluated its activity in osteoblastic and chondrocytic cell culture models. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Our data demonstrate that WISP-1 is an osteogenic potentiating factor promoting mesenchymal cell proliferation and osteoblastic differentiation while repressing chondrocytic differentiation. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • He lost a leg to osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) but started a campaign to raise money to fight cancer through research by running across Canada, lurching from his artificial leg to his one good leg. —  Top Stories - Google News
 

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  1. As osteogen, ostcogen-y, + -ic.
 

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/ɑstəəˈdʒɛnɪk/
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