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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 os·te·o·clast /ˈɑstiəˌklæst/
 折骨器; 破骨細胞

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 os·teo·clast /ˈɑstɪəˌklæst/ 名詞
 破骨細胞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 os·te·o·clast n.
 1. Physiol. Same as myeloplax, a large multinucleate cell within the bone, which functions in the absroption and removal of bone tissue.
 Note: ☞ The osteoclasts occur usually in pits or cavities which they appear to have excavated, and are supposed to be concerned in the absorption of the bone matrix.
 2. An instrument for performing osteoclasis.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 osteoclast
      n : cell that functions in the breakdown and resorption of bone
          tissue