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odontoblast|əʊˈdɒntəblæst|
[f. odonto- + -blast, germ, embryo.]
A tooth-cell that produces dentine; any tooth-secreting cell. Hence odontoˈblastic a., of or pertaining to such a cell.
1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 558 The dentine is developed from the ‘dentinal pulp’ of vascular connective tissue by the immediate agency of a superficial layer of cells called odontoblasts. 1881Carpenter Hum. Physiol. (ed. 9) 56. |