chondrocyte
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editchondrocyte (plural chondrocytes)
- (biology) A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
- 1888, Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger:
- The pinnacocytes of the outer surface and the adjacent chondrocytes contain pigment granules.
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