osteoid
/ˈɒstɪɔɪd
/Physiology & Medicine
adjective
Resembling bone in appearance or structure.Fulcra at either end of columnal strongly divergent, giving columnal an osteoid appearance....
- None of the CF patients' undecalcified biopsy specimens in the present study demonstrated the osteoid parameters (excess osteoid surfaces and thick osteoid seams) characteristic of vitamin D deficiency osteomalacia.
- These compounds are incorporated into hydroxyapatite crystals that are deposited in an osteoid matrix during new bone formation.
noun [mass noun]
The unmineralized organic component of bone.The cancer cells produce a bony substance called osteoid, which builds up into lumps on the bone....
- Because of its rarity the diagnosis may not be considered, particularly if osteoid is sparse.
- Osteoid osteoma is a benign tumor containing osteoid in a stroma of loose vascular connective tissue.