Associations to the word «Osteoclast»

Wiktionary

OSTEOCLAST, noun. (physiology) (cytology) A large multinuclear cell associated with the resorption of bone
OSTEOCLAST, noun. (surgery) An instrument for performing osteoclasis.

Dictionary definition

OSTEOCLAST, noun. Cell that functions in the breakdown and resorption of bone tissue.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats