Osteoid

noun

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.nounAn organic matrix of protein and polysaccharides, secreted by osteoblasts, that becomes bone after mineralization

2.adjectiveOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of bone; bonelike

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