Usually means: Bone-resorbing, multinucleated specialized cells.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. osteoclast: Merriam-Webster
  2. osteoclast: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. osteoclast: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. osteoclast: Collins English Dictionary
  5. osteoclast: Vocabulary.com
  6. osteoclast: Wordnik
  7. osteoclast: Wiktionary
  8. osteoclast: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. osteoclast: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. osteoclast: Dictionary.com
  11. Osteoclast: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Osteoclast: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. osteoclast: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. osteoclast: Rhymezone
  15. Osteoclast: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. osteoclast: FreeDictionary.org
  17. osteoclast: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. osteoclast: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. osteoclast: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. osteoclast: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Osteoclast: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. osteoclast: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  6. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  7. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  8. osteoclast: Medical dictionary
  9. Osteoclast: Drug Medical Dictionary
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  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)

(Note: See osteoclastic as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (osteoclast)

▸ noun:  (physiology, cytology) A large multinuclear cell associated with the resorption of bone.
▸ noun:  (surgery) An instrument for performing osteoclasis.

Similar:
osteocyte, osteoblast, preosteoclast, chondroclast, osteoplast, preosteocyte, cementoclast, oncocyte, octeocyte, odontoclast, more...

Opposite:
osteoblast, bone-forming cell, bone builder

Types:
monocyte, macrophage, more...

Phrases:
osteoclast activating factor, osteoclast differentiation factor, more...

Adjectives:
multinucleated, mature, active, large, avian, human, single, typical, normal, embryonic, isolated

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Similar:
osteocyte, osteoblast, preosteoclast, chondroclast, osteoplast, preosteocyte, cementoclast, oncocyte, octeocyte, odontoclast, more...

Opposite:
osteoblast, bone-forming cell, bone builder

Types:
monocyte, macrophage, more...

Phrases:
osteoclast activating factor, osteoclast differentiation factor, more...

Adjectives:
multinucleated, mature, active, large, avian, human, single, typical, normal, embryonic, isolated



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