osteoblast

English

Etymology

osteo- (“bone”) +‎ -blast (“immature cell”)

Noun

osteoblast (plural osteoblasts)

1. (biology, cytology) A mononucleate cell from which bone develops.

Related terms

• osteoblastoma
• osteoblastocyte
• osteoblastopenia
• osteoclast
• periosteoblast

Translations

cell

• Dutch: osteoblast (nl)
• Finnish: luunemosolu
• Greek: οστεοβλάστη (el) f (osteovlásti)
• Hungarian: oszteoblaszt
• Irish: oistéablast m
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: xaneya çêkerê hestî f

• Spanish: osteoblasto m
• Swedish: osteoblast (sv) c

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ostéoblaste. Equivalent to osteo- +‎ -blast.

Noun

osteoblast n (plural osteoblaste)

1. osteoblast

Declension

Declension of osteoblast

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) osteoblast	osteoblastul	(niște) osteoblaste	osteoblastele
genitive/dative	(unui) osteoblast	osteoblastului	(unor) osteoblaste	osteoblastelor
vocative	osteoblastule		osteoblastelor