Look up: chondrocyte

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   chondrocyte
   Differentiated cell responsible for secretion of extracellular matrix of cartilage.
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   chondrocyte
   <pathology> Differentiated cell responsible for secretion of extracellular matrix of cartilage. ... (15 Jan 1998) ...
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   Chondrocyte
   `Chondrocytes` (from Greek `chondros` cartilage + `kytos` cell) are the only cells found in cartilage. They produce and maintain the cartilaginous matrix, which consists mainly of collagen and proteoglycans. Although `chondroblast` is still commonly used to describe an immature chondrocyte, use of the term is discouraged, for it is technically inaccurate, since the progenitor of chondrocytes (which are mesenchymal stem cells) can also differentia...
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   chondrocyte
   (kon´dro-sīt) one of the cells embedded in the lacunae of the cartilage matrix. adj., chondrocyt´ic., adj.
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   chondrocyte
   (from the article `connective tissue`) ...tissue in which the ground substance is abundant and of a firmly gelated consistency that endows this tissue with unusual rigidity and resistance ... The metabolism of articular cartilage is primarily dependent upon that of its cells (chondrocytes). Carbohydrate metabolism in these cells is simi...
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   chondrocyte
   A nondividing cartilage cell; occupies a lacuna within the cartilage matrix. Syn: cartilage cell [chondro- + G. kytos, a hollow (cell)]
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