Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

osteocyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: os-teo-cyte
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mature bone cell involved with the maintenance of bone.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English osteocyte From osteo- (“bone”) + -cyte (“cell”).

Inflected Forms

osteocytes (plural)

Derived Forms

osteocytic osteocytogenesis preosteocyte

Questions

What does osteocyte mean?: A mature bone cell involved with the maintenance of bone.
Where does osteocyte come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English osteocyte From osteo- (“bone”) + -cyte (“cell”).

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