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One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.

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  1. n. One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.
  2. n. a cell from which bone develops
  3. One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.
  4. One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogeneticlayer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of thebone is developed; an osteoplast.
  5. n. a cell from which bone develops