osteoid
Americanadjective
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resembling bone; bonelike.
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having a skeleton of bones.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of osteoid
Example Sentences
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The non-mineralized portion of the bone or osteoid continues to form around blood vessels, forming spongy bone.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The Swartkrans tumor was initially described, in a doctoral thesis, as a benign growth called an osteoid osteoma.
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2016
Formation of osteoid spreads out the osteoblasts that formed the ossification centers.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
On the other hand, the time to take medication for osteoid arthritis is midday; joints become inflamed with movement, and pain occurs later in the day.
From Time Magazine Archive
The osteoid sarcoma is characterised by the formation of a tissue resembling bone but deficient in lime salts, and the petrifying sarcoma by the formation of calcified areas in the stroma.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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