OSTEOBLAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does osteoblast mean? 

• OSTEOBLAST (noun)
  The noun OSTEOBLAST has 1 sense:

1. a cell from which bone develops

  Familiarity information: OSTEOBLAST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSTEOBLAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cell from which bone develops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bone-forming cell; osteoblast

Hypernyms ("osteoblast" is a kind of...):

embryonic cell; formative cell (a cell of an embryo)

 Context examples 

Through interaction with specific receptor proteins in target tissues, these vitamin D metabolites act directly on osteoblasts to stimulate skeletal growth, and on the parathyroid glands to suppress PTH synthesis and secretion.

(Doxercalciferol, NCI Thesaurus)

Reactivation of the Wnt signaling pathway may result in the differentiation and activation of osteoblasts within the bone matrix and the reversal of tumor-induced osteolytic disease.

(DKK1-Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody DKN-01, NCI Thesaurus)

An osteoblastoma characterized by the presence of prominent epithelioid osteoblasts and recurrences.

(Aggressive Osteoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Etidronate may also directly stimulate bone formation by osteoblasts.

(Etidronate Disodium, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant mesenchymal tumor of soft tissue composed of neoplastic cells that recapitulate the phenotype of osteoblasts and that synthesize bone.

(Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A small benign bone-forming neoplasm characterized by the presence of differentiated osteoblasts.

(Osteoid Osteoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A protein mixture secreted by osteoblasts.

(Osteoid, NCI Thesaurus)

Mature osteoblasts that have become embedded in the BONE MATRIX.

(Murine Osteocytes, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Bone remodeling occurs primarily in bone and involves two types of cells, osteoblasts and osteoclasts.

(Bone Remodeling, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in both protein dephosphorylation and osteoblast differentiation.

(Calcineurin Subunit B Type 2, NCI Thesaurus)