Definition of "osteocytes" [osteocytes]

• Plural form of osteocyte. (noun)

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• "Originally proposed as a system for delivering nutrients and removing waste products from bone cells called osteocytes, scientists now recognize fluid flow through this lacuno-canalicular network as providing bone tissue with important mechanical loading information."
• "They had raised a tremendous clamor among young earth creationists late last March when they announced that they had recovered flexible tissues identifiable as blood vessels, blood cells, and osteocytes from a Tyrannosaur rex femur."
• "Specifically, they distinguished a certain type of prostaglandin released from bone cells (osteocytes)."