Meanings
nounosteocyte (plural osteocytes)
plural osteocytes
- biologyA mature bone cell involved with the maintenance of bone.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ésth₁
- Ancient Greekὀστέον (ostéon)
- Englishosteo-
- Ancient Greekκῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)
- Latincyta
- Englishosteocyte
From osteo- (“bone”) + -cyte (“cell”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan osteòcit
- osteòcitmature bone cell
Czech osteocyt
- osteocytmature bone cell
Dutch osteocyt
- osteocytmature bone cell
Finnish luusolu
- luusolumature bone cell
German Osteozyt
- Osteozytmature bone cell
Hungarian oszteocita
- oszteocitamature bone cell
Italian osteocita, osteocito
- osteocitamature bone cell
- osteocitomature bone cell
Malay osteosit
- osteositmature bone cell
Portuguese osteócito
- osteócitomature bone cell
Romanian osteocit
- osteocitmature bone cell
Russian остеоци́т
- остеоци́т (osteocít)mature bone cell
Spanish osteocito
- osteocitomature bone cell
Cite this entry
APA
osteocyte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteocyte
MLA
“osteocyte.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteocyte. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “osteocyte,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteocyte.
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