Osteoblast

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Osteoblast \Os"te*o*blast\, n. [Osteo- + -blast.] (Anat.)
     One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic
     layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix
     of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  osteoblast
       n : a cell from which bone develops [syn: {bone-forming cell}]