Cell
chondrocyte
chon·dro·cyte [ kon-droh-site ]
Subclass of:
Connective Tissue Cells
Definitions related to chondrocyte:
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A cartilage cell.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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A cell arising from mesenchymal stem cells that produces and is surrounded by the extracellular matrix of cartilage.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Cartilage cells. They make the structural components of cartilage.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Differentiated cell responsible for secretion of extracellular matrix of cartilage.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Polymorphic cells that form cartilage.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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