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osteogenic

American  
[os-tee-uh-jen-ik] / ˌɒs ti əˈdʒɛn ɪk /

adjective

  1. derived from or made up of bone-forming tissue.

  2. of or relating to osteogenesis.


Etymology

Origin of osteogenic

First recorded in 1855–60; osteo- + -genic

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

As osteoblasts transform into osteocytes, osteogenic cells in the surrounding connective tissue differentiate into new osteoblasts.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Over the next several weeks, osteoclasts resorb the dead bone; osteogenic cells become active, divide, and differentiate into osteoblasts.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The young amputee went to Buffalo, where surgeons exchanged some of his cancerous tissue for tissue from patients with a similar form of osteogenic sarcoma.

From Time Magazine Archive