Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bone-cell or osteoblast.
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Examples
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Each lacuna is occupied during life by a branched cell, termed a bone-cell or bone-corpuscle, the processes from which extend into the canaliculi (Fig. 76).
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