osteoid

About 0.42 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

osteoma uncalcified osteomas osseous osteogenic bony osteoblastic osteologic osteonal osteological

Often followed by

osteoma tissue and osteomas seams is matrix formation seam

Word family

osteoids