osteocyte

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A mature bone cell involved with the maintenance of bone.

Similar words

osteoclast osteoblast preosteocyte octeocyte blast cell dendrocyte mesenchymocyte apocyte telocyte myelocyte

Often followed by

lacunae is and apoptosis death in processes cell lacuna

Word family

osteocytes