chondrocyte
English
Etymology
From
chondro-
+
-cyte
.
Noun
chondrocyte
(
plural
chondrocytes
)
(
biology
)
A
cell
that makes up the
tissue
of
cartilage
.
1888
,
Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger
:
The pinnacocytes of the outer surface and the adjacent
chondrocytes
contain pigment granules.
Derived terms
chondrocytic
fibrochondrocyte
perichondrocyte
prechondrocyte
Translations
cell
Dutch:
chondrocyt
(nl)
f
or
m
Finnish:
rustosolu
,
kondrosyytti
(fi)
French:
chondrocyte
(fr)
m
German:
Chondrozyt
(de)
m
,
Knorpelzelle
f
Hindi:
उपास्थ्यणु
(
upāsthyaṇu
)
Portuguese:
condrócito
(pt)
m
Romanian:
condrocit
(ro)
n
Swedish:
kondrocyt
(sv)
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