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  • noun Plural form of osteoclast.

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Examples

  • The drugs target a protein called RANK Ligand, which helps regulate cells called osteoclasts that break down bone.

    FDA Panel Votes Against Expanding Use of Amgen Drug Xgeva Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2012

  • Skeleton Crew osteoclast The drugs target a protein called RANK Ligand, which helps regulate cells called osteoclasts that break down bone.

    Week in Words Erin McKean 2012

  • Bone remodeling consists of two stages: resorption, when cells called osteoclasts dissolve old bone, creating small cavities; and bone formation, or remodeling, when cells called osteoblasts build new bone by filling those cavities with calcium.

    You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007

  • Bone remodeling consists of two stages: resorption, when cells called osteoclasts dissolve old bone, creating small cavities; and bone formation, or remodeling, when cells called osteoblasts build new bone by filling those cavities with calcium.

    You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007

  • Bone remodeling consists of two stages: resorption, when cells called osteoclasts dissolve old bone, creating small cavities; and bone formation, or remodeling, when cells called osteoblasts build new bone by filling those cavities with calcium.

    You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007

  • The destruction is performed by specialized cells called osteoclasts

    We���re Born With 270 Bones. As Adults We Have 206 2007

  • In addition to the healing work we did together in my office, I taught Jeremy to call his osteoclasts into action during meditation in order to achieve healing at the cellular level.

    Cell-Level Healing Joyce Whiteley Hawkes 2006

  • Call the osteoclasts in your body to an imaginary “board meeting” and announce that their top priority is to seek out unnecessary calcium deposits and completely remove them.

    Cell-Level Healing Joyce Whiteley Hawkes 2006

  • High intakes of retinol, the active form of vitamin A, stimulates cells called osteoclasts that break down bone.

    Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy M.D. Walter C. Willett 2005

  • High intakes of retinol, the active form of vitamin A, stimulates cells called osteoclasts that break down bone.

    Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy M.D. Walter C. Willett 2005

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