osteogenic
Americanadjective
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derived from or made up of bone-forming tissue.
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of or relating to osteogenesis.
Etymology
Origin of osteogenic
Example Sentences
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In July 2008, as a 43-year-old, newly married dad, I learned that I had a 7-inch osteogenic sarcoma in my left femur.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2020
Lifelong Reading FC supporter Tom Stead, 19, from Wokingham, was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma in March 2016.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2018
Over the next several weeks, osteoclasts resorb the dead bone; osteogenic cells become active, divide, and differentiate into osteoblasts.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
They are found on bone surfaces, are multinucleated, and originate from monocytes and macrophages, two types of white blood cells, not from osteogenic cells.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
X rays showed something far worse: osteogenic sarcoma, an uncommon cancer of the bone.
From Time Magazine Archive
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