| 释义 |
ameloblast Zool.|əˈmɛləʊblæst|
[f. enamel n. + -o + -blast.]
A columnar cell which secretes enamel in the teeth of the higher vertebrates.
1882J. L. Willliams in Dental Cosmos XXIV. 229 Prof. Eames, of St. Louis, introduced the term ameloblast..as an appropriate one for the inner layer, or true enamel cells. 1886W. X. Sudduth in W. F. Litch Amer. Syst. Dentistry I. iii. 641 A slight layer of enamel has been formed... Between this layer of enamel and the layer of ameloblasts a space is noticed. 1942E. S. Horning in G. Bourne Cytology & Cell Physiol. vi. 178 The cells destined to become ameloblasts in the developing enamel organ were found to contain relatively large amounts of calcium and magnesium. |