Definition of "osteoblasts" []

• Plural form of osteoblast. (noun)

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• "Over the next few months, bone cells called osteoblasts will fuse with the titanium to anchor those rods, he told her."
• "Bone turnover is regulated by cells called osteoblasts and osteoclasts."
• "Bone remodeling consists of two stages: resorption, when cells called osteoclasts dissolve old bone, creating small cavities; and bone formation, or remodeling, when cells called osteoblasts build new bone by filling those cavities with calcium."