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BONE CELL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cell that is part of a bone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("bone cell" is a kind of...):

somatic cell; vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bone cell"):

megakaryocyte (a large bone marrow cell; regarded as the source of blood platelets)

osteoclast (cell that functions in the breakdown and resorption of bone tissue)

osteocyte (mature bone cell)

Holonyms ("bone cell" is a part of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

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