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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

osteoclast

· os·te·o·clast · IPA
01 n. Same as myeloplax, a large multinucleate cell within the bone, which functions in the absroption and removal of bone tissue.
  1. 1.
    Same as myeloplax, a large multinucleate cell within the bone, which functions in the absroption and removal of bone tissue.(Physiol.) See: myeloplax
  2. 2.
    An instrument for performing osteoclasis.