osteoid /os·te·oid/ (os´te-oid)
osteoid
osteoid (os´tēoid),
1. resembling bone.
2. the organic matrix of bone; young bone that has not undergone calcification.
os·te·oid ( s t -oid )adj. Resembling bone. n. The bone matrix, especially before calcification. |
osteoid
[os′tē·oid]
Etymology: Gk, osteon + eidos, form
pertaining to or resembling bone.
osteoid (os´tēoid),
n the initial bony matrix laid down by the osteoblasts. It is later calcified, with inclusion of osteoblasts as osteocytes within lacunae, into bone.
osteoid
1. resembling bone.
2. the organic matrix of bone; young bone that has not undergone calcification.
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