Meanings
nounchondrocyte (plural chondrocytes)
plural chondrocytes
- biologyA cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
The pinnacocytes of the outer surface and the adjacent chondrocytes contain pigment granules.
1888, Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger1 more example
Ectopic chondrocyte hypertrophy has been demonstrated in OA, suggesting that the pathogenetical process involves a recapitulation of endochondral ossification [ 11 – 13 ].
2010 January 29, Anita Woods et al., “Control of chondrocyte gene expression by actin dynamics: a novel role of cholesterol/Ror-α signalling in endochondral bone growth”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 13, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰrendʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekχόνδρος (khóndros)
- Englishchondro-
- Ancient Greekκῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)
- Latincyta
- Englishchondrocyte
Translations
Dutch chondrocyt
- chondrocytcell
Finnish rustosolu, kondrosyytti
- rustosolucell
- kondrosyytticell
French chondrocyte
- chondrocytecell
German Chondrozyt, Knorpelzelle
- Chondrozytcell
- Knorpelzellecell
Greek χονδροκύτταρο
- χονδροκύτταρο (chondrokýttaro)cell
Hindi उपास्थ्यणु
- उपास्थ्यणु (upāsthyaṇu)cell
Portuguese condrócito
- condrócitocell
Romanian condrocit
- condrocitcell
Swedish kondrocyt
- kondrocytcell
Turkish kondrosit
- kondrositcell
Rhymes & wordplay
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Chicago
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