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os·te·o·clast
/ˈästēōˌklast/
noun
a large multinucleate bone cell which absorbs bone tissue during growth and healing.
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The osteoclast is a hematopoietic cell derived from CFU-GM and branches from the monocyte-macrophage lineage early during the differentiation process.
Osteoclasts are the cells that degrade bone to initiate normal bone remodeling and mediate bone loss in pathologic conditions by increasing their resorptive ...