multinuclear osteoclast differentiation

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Namemultinuclear osteoclast differentiation
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Biological process

Description

The process in which a relatively unspecialized monocyte acquires the specialized features of a multinuclear osteoclast. An osteoclast is a specialized phagocytic cell associated with the absorption and removal of the mineralized matrix of bone tissue.

Related synonym

multinuclear osteoclast formation, multinuclear osteoclast morphogenesis

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