osteoblasticadj.
/ˌɒstɪəʊˈblastɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌɑstioʊˈblæstɪk/ Of the nature of an osteoblast; of or relating to osteoblasts; associated with or causing formation of bone.
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myeloplastic1862
osteoblastic1867
astrocytic1898
polykaryocytic1947
1867 Quain's Elements Anat. (ed. 7) I. p. cx The granular bodies contained within them (i.e. the proper cell bodies) produce by fissiparous multiplication the granular osteoblastic cells.
1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 855/1 Colossal, many-nucleated cells..derived from the osteo-blastic cells in the medulla.
1908 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 199 255 Naked bone, being bereft of its periosteal blood supply, would lose to that extent its osteoblastic regenerative power.
1984 J. R. Tighe & D. R. Davies Pathol. (ed. 4) iii. 19 This is gradually remodelled by osteoclastic and osteoblastic cells.
1994 Nature 20 Jan. 216/3 Bone mass at any point in adult life is determined by complex interactions between bone resorbing (osteoclastic) and bone forming (osteoblastic) cells.
2003 Prostate 54 268 The skeletal metastases of prostate cancer origin are osteoblastic rather than osteolytic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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