osteocyte

English

Etymology

From osteo- (“bone”) +‎ -cyte (“cell”).

Noun

osteocyte (plural osteocytes)

1. (cytology) A mature bone cell involved with the maintenance of bone.

Derived terms

• osteocytic
• osteocytogenesis
• preosteocyte

Translations

mature bone cell

Catalan: osteòcit m Czech: osteocyt m Dutch: osteocyt (nl) f or m Finnish: luusolu German: Osteozyt m Hungarian: oszteocita Italian: osteocita (it) m, osteocito (it) m Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: xaneya hestî f Malay: osteosit Portuguese: osteócito (pt) m Romanian: osteocit (ro) n Russian: остеоци́т (ru) m (osteocít) Spanish: osteocito (es) m Telugu: అస్థికణం (asthikaṇaṁ)