osteoblast

noun

A cell from which bone develops; a bone-forming cell.

noun

A cell concerned in the formation of bone.

noun

One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.

noun

A mononucleate cell from which bone develops.

noun

a cell from which bone develops