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Etymology edit

osteo- +‎ -genic

Adjective edit

osteogenic (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to, osteogenesis.
    • 1995, Ping Chen, Slobodan Vukicevic, T. Kuber Sampath, Frank P. Luyten, “Osteogenic protein-1 promotes growth and maturation of chick sternal chondrocytes in serum-free cultures”, in Journal of Cell Science[1], number 108, page 105:
      We examined the effect of recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 (OP-1, or bone morphogenetic protein-7), a member of the bone morphogenetic protein family, on growth and maturation of day 11, 15 and 17 chick sternal chondrocytes in high density monolayers, suspension and agarose cultures for up to 5 weeks.

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Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French ostéogénique.

Adjective edit

osteogenic m or n (feminine singular osteogenică, masculine plural osteogenici, feminine and neuter plural osteogenice)

  1. osteogenic

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