Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large multinucleated protoplasmic mass, occurring in the marrow, especially in the neighborhood of the osseous substance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) One of the huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow of bone and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See
osteoclast .
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- noun anatomy One of the huge
multinucleated cells found inbone marrow and occasionally in other parts; agiant cell.
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Ancient Greek.
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