ODONTOBLAST

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They are supposed to be connected with the formation of dentine.

2.
n.

One of the cells which secrete the chitinous teeth of Mollusca.


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