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osteoclast

Noun

os=te=o=clast

WORDNET DICTIONARY

osteoclast(n = noun.body) - cell that functions in the breakdown and resorption of bone tissue;

osteoclast, n. [Osteo- + Gr. kla^n to break.].

Same as myeloplax, a large multinucleate cell within the bone, which functions in the absroption and removal of bone tissue. [1913 Webster]
" The osteoclasts occur usually in pits or cavities which they appear to have excavated, and are supposed to be concerned in the absorption of the bone matrix." [1913 Webster]
An instrument for performing osteoclasis. [1913 Webster]