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Osteoclasts

"Osteoclasts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A large multinuclear cell associated with the BONE RESORPTION. An odontoclast, also called cementoclast, is cytomorphologically the same as an osteoclast and is involved in CEMENTUM resorption.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Osteoclasts" by people in this website by year, and whether "Osteoclasts" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 23 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2015
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