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BONE CELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cell that is part of a bone
Classified under:
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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