fibroblast
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fibroblast
[fi´bro-blast]an immature fiber-producing cell of connective tissue capable of differentiating into a chondroblast, collagenoblast, or osteoblast. Called also fibrocyte. adj., adj fibroblas´tic.
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fi·bro·blast
(fī'brō-blast),A stellate or spindle-shaped cell with cytoplasmic processes present in connective tissue, capable of forming collagen fibers.
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fibroblast
(fī′brə-blăst′)n.
A cell that gives rise to connective tissue.
fi′bro·blas′tic adj.
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fi·bro·blast
(fī'brō-blast)A stellate or spindle-shaped cell with cytoplasmic processes present in connective tissue, capable of forming collagen fibers; an inactive fibroblast is sometimes called a fibrocyte.
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fibroblast
A cell that generates the protein COLLAGEN, a major component of connective tissue and the main structural material of the body. Fibroblasts are important in wound healing. They can readily be cultured artificially.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
fibroblast
a connective tissue cell which may differentiate into CHONDROBLASTS, COLLAGENOBLASTS or OSTEOBLASTS.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
Fibroblast
A large flat cell that secretes the proteins that form collagen and elastic fibers and the substance between the cells of connective tissue.
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fi·bro·blast
(fī'brō-blast)Stellate or spindle-shaped cell with cytoplasmic processes present in connective tissue, capable of forming collagen fibers.
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