osteoclast
Meaning of osteoclast
noun
a large multinucleate bone cell which absorbs bone tissue during growth and healing.
late 19th century: from osteo- ‘bone’ + Greek klastēs ‘breaker’.
Information about osteoclast
- It is a name.
- The plural form of osteoclast is: osteoclasts.
- Languages in which osteoclast is used:
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Hyphenation of osteoclast
os-teo-clast
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- osteoclast is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Anagrams of osteoclast
Words that rhyme with osteoclast
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