Definition of Osteoid. Meaning of Osteoid. Synonyms of Osteoid

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Definition of Osteoid

Osteoid
Osteoid Os"te*oid, a. [Osteo- + -oid: cf. Gr. ?.] (Anat.) Resembling bone; bonelike.

Meaning of Osteoid from wikipedia

- In histology, osteoid is the unmineralized, organic portion of the bone matrix that forms prior to the maturation of bone tissue. Osteoblasts begin the...
- An osteoid osteoma is a benign (non-cancerous) bone tumor that arises from osteoblasts and some components of osteoclasts. It was originally thought to...
- and that exhibits osteoblastic differentiation and produces malignant osteoid. Osteosarcoma is the most common histological form of primary bone sarcoma...
- (around the knee joint). Examples of benign bone tumors include osteoma, osteoid osteoma, osteochondroma, osteoblastoma, enchondroma, giant cell tumor of...
- within the osteoid to become osteocytes. At this point, the osteoid becomes mineralized resulting in a nidus consisting of mineralized osteoid that contains...
- osteon seams and make a protein mixture known as osteoid, which mineralizes to become bone. The osteoid seam is a narrow region of a newly formed organic...
- type II preosteocyte (osteoid osteocyte), and type III preosteocyte (partially surrounded by mineral matrix). The embedded "osteoid-osteocyte" must do two...
- benign bone tumors, most notably osteoid osteomas. Since the procedure was first introduced for the treatment of osteoid osteomas in the 1990s, it has been...
- osteoblasts. Before the organic matrix is mineralized, it is called the osteoid. Osteoblasts buried in the matrix are called osteocytes. During bone formation...
- an uncommon osteoid tissue-forming primary neoplasm of the bone. It has clinical and histologic manifestations similar to those of osteoid osteoma; therefore...