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