osteoblast Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a cell from which bone develops
    bone-forming cell.

WordNet

Os"te*o*blast noun
Etymology
Osteo- + -blast.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) 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.

Webster 1913