Definition of osteoid in English:
osteoid
adjective ˈɒstɪɔɪdˈɑstiˌɔɪd
Physiology Medicine Resembling bone in appearance or structure.
Example sentencesExamples
- Giant cells were admixed with osteoid tissue or with mitotically active mononuclear cells.
- Fulcra at either end of columnal strongly divergent, giving columnal an osteoid appearance.
- None of the CF patients' undecalcified biopsy specimens in the present study demonstrated the osteoid parameters (excess osteoid surfaces and thick osteoid seams) characteristic of vitamin D deficiency osteomalacia.
- These compounds are incorporated into hydroxyapatite crystals that are deposited in an osteoid matrix during new bone formation.
- Second, the tumor showed dual differentiation into a classic granulosa cell component with different patterns and a central component in which there was mesenchymal differentiation into smooth muscle and osteoid components.
noun ˈɒstɪɔɪdˈɑstiˌɔɪd
mass nounPhysiology Medicine The unmineralized organic component of bone.
Example sentencesExamples
- Because of its rarity the diagnosis may not be considered, particularly if osteoid is sparse.
- The cancer cells produce a bony substance called osteoid, which builds up into lumps on the bone.
- Microscopically, conventional osteosarcomas are composed of malignant-appearing spindle cells that produce osteoid.
- Osteoid osteoma is a benign tumor containing osteoid in a stroma of loose vascular connective tissue.
Definition of osteoid in US English:
osteoid
adjectiveˈästēˌoidˈɑstiˌɔɪd
Resembling bone in appearance or structure.
Example sentencesExamples
- None of the CF patients' undecalcified biopsy specimens in the present study demonstrated the osteoid parameters (excess osteoid surfaces and thick osteoid seams) characteristic of vitamin D deficiency osteomalacia.
- Giant cells were admixed with osteoid tissue or with mitotically active mononuclear cells.
- These compounds are incorporated into hydroxyapatite crystals that are deposited in an osteoid matrix during new bone formation.
- Second, the tumor showed dual differentiation into a classic granulosa cell component with different patterns and a central component in which there was mesenchymal differentiation into smooth muscle and osteoid components.
- Fulcra at either end of columnal strongly divergent, giving columnal an osteoid appearance.
nounˈästēˌoidˈɑstiˌɔɪd
The unmineralized organic component of bone.
Example sentencesExamples
- The cancer cells produce a bony substance called osteoid, which builds up into lumps on the bone.
- Osteoid osteoma is a benign tumor containing osteoid in a stroma of loose vascular connective tissue.
- Microscopically, conventional osteosarcomas are composed of malignant-appearing spindle cells that produce osteoid.
- Because of its rarity the diagnosis may not be considered, particularly if osteoid is sparse.