osteoclast

osteoclast
osteoclast os"te*o*clast, n. [Osteo- + Gr. kla^n to break.] 1. (Physiol.) Same as {myeloplax}, a large multinucleate cell within the bone, which functions in the absroption and removal of bone tissue. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Note: The osteoclasts occur usually in pits or cavities which they appear to have excavated, and are supposed to be concerned in the absorption of the bone matrix. [1913 Webster]

2. An instrument for performing osteoclasis. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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