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Nov 30, 2009
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os•te•o•clast



Pronunciation: (os'tē-u-klast"), [key]
n.
1. Cell Biol.one of the large multinuclear cells in growing bone concerned with the absorption of osseous tissue, as in the formation of canals.
2. Surg.an instrument for effecting osteoclasis.

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osteoclasisosteocope
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